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The Holocaust: The Signs Of War

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This book took place during World War II Poland. In the book it does not really mention any dates that we could tie in with this time. There are several mentions however of signs of war for instance, “There were air raid sirens at night but for a few weeks nothing happened.”(pg. 26) This was before they were moved to the ghettos of Warsaw. “That night two Germans showed up at our door looking for furniture. They roamed around out apartment before deciding we had nothing they liked.” (Pg. 29) “Finally in October all Jews were given two weeks to move into the district and told that it add been shrunk by an additional six streets, which meant that those who had already exchanged apartments to get onto those streets now had to exchange apartments

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