Learn about the hundreds of anti-Jewish laws and measures passed in Germany during the first three years of World War II.
Witnessing Antisemitic Violence
Edith Reiss, from Bolton, England, describes witnessing antisemitic violence on the streets of Göttingen, Germany, when she was a visitor there in 1939.
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