Germany · Religion / Church-UGR. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Leo Baeck heads this organisation as its president until his deportation in January 1943. After the Reichsvertretung is disbanded during the November Pogrom, the Nazis reassemble the councils members under the Government controlled Reichsvereinigung
Deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp
And after the camp is liberated by the Russians in May 1945, becomes the Jewish figure head as the Elder of the Jews
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