Also called extermination camps and death camps, these sites were designed specifically for mass murder. In 1940, persons with disabilities were murdered by gas chamber in early killing centers established in Nazi Germany under the Aktion T4 “euthanasia” program. Between 1941 and 1943, Nazis established six centers designed for killing Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland: Chelmno, Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka, Majdanek, and Auschwitz-Birkenau.
On June 6, 1944, the Allies launched a massive invasion of continental Europe on the French coast of Normandy on the English Channel. More than 160,000 Allied troops were deployed on this day, which marks the beginning of the liberation of France from Nazi rule. By September 16, U.S. troops had reached Germany.
“Displaced person” (abbreviated: "DP") refers to individuals displaced from their home countries. Between 1945-1952, c. 1 million people found temporary homes in DP camps organized by Allied forces after liberation in Germany, Austria, and Italy. Approximately 250,000 of them were Jews awaiting emigration to Mandate Palestine or other non-European destinations. [...]
A concentration camp is a location in which a regime detains or confines civilians who are perceived to threaten that regime without judicial review. Though the practice of 'concentration' of populations with a specific profile has been used by various countries since the19th century, it is most widely associated with Nazi policies during World War II. [...]
An immigration guarantee offered through aid agencies on behalf of refugees seeking immigration to the U.S. Collective affidavits assured that a group of sponsored refugees entering the country would not become a burden on the American state.