1944 JANUARY 1944
The Jewish underground in Budapest set up a workshop for forging documents for rescue purposes: by the end of 1944, over I 0,000 people had been supplied with such documents

MARCH 19, 1944
German army invades Hungary.

MAY 15, 1944
Deportation of 430,000 Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz begins.

JUNE 6, 1944
Allied invasion of Normandy, D-Day.

JULY 20, 1944
Abortive attempt on Hitler's life by group of Nazi officers.

JULY 24, 1944
Russians liberate Maidanek death camp.

OCTOBER 31, 1944
14,000 Jews transported from Slovakia to Auschwitz

OCTOBER 7, 1944
Sonderkommando uprising at Auschwitz

NOVEMBER 1, 1944
Jewish brigade leaves for Italian front


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