The Holocaust in Slovakia was the systematic dispossession, deportation, and murder of Jews in the Slovak State, a client state of Nazi Germany. Out of 89,000 Jews in the country in 1940, 68,000 to 71,000 were murdered during the Holocaust. In 1939, the ruling ethnonationalist Slovak People's Party declared independence from Czechoslovakia with German protection. Jews were targeted for discrimination and harassment, including the confiscation of property and businesses. On 9 September 1941, the government passed the Jewish Code, which it claimed to be the strictest anti-Jewish law in Europe. In late 1941, the Slovak government negotiated with Nazi Germany for the mass deportation of Jews to German-occupied Poland. Between March and October 1942, 58,000 Jews were deported to Auschwitz concentration camp and the Lublin District; only a few hundred survived. The murder of Jews resumed after August 1944, when Germany invaded Slovakia and another 13,500 Jews were deported.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_Slovakia
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1343:
Clement VI issued the papal bull Unigenitus, justifying the power of the pope and the use of indulgences. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_VI
1965:
South Vietnamese prime minister Trần Văn Hương was removed by the military junta of Nguyễn Khánh. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%E1%BA%A7n_V%C4%83n_H%C6%B0%C6%A1ng
1996:
Mahamane Ousmane, the first democratically elected president of Niger, was deposed by Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara in a military coup d'état. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahamane_Ousmane
2011:
Arab Spring: The Yemeni Revolution began as more than 16,000 protesters demonstrated in Sanaa to demand governmental changes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_Revolution
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
kaddish: (Judaism) A Jewish prayer of praise to God recited during services, and specifically when mourning the death of a close relative. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kaddish
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Responsibility is a unique concept … You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still with you … If responsibility is rightfully yours, no evasion, or ignorance or passing the blame can shift the burden to someone else. Unless you can point your finger at the man who is responsible when something goes wrong, then you have never had anyone really responsible. --Hyman G. Rickover https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hyman_G._Rickover