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Desperate after the Great Depression, Germans embraced Adolf Hitler's promise of riches to those he dubbed "the master race"—Aryans of pure German blood. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and started World War II. The German army immediately began isolating the Jewish population in ghettos.
From The Oprah Winfrey Show A Special Presentation: Oprah and Elie Wiesel at the Auschwitz Death Camp
Published on May 24, 2006
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