In 1940, the last Star of David was removed from the Jewish synagogue in Poznan, and the building was converted into a swimming pool for Nazi Wehrmacht soldiers. The pictures on the right show it before and after the Nazi invasion.
Before World War II, about three million Jews lived in Poland, which was one of the largest diasporas in the world. Shortly after the invasion by Nazi Germany, the Germans launched an organized action to exterminate the Jewish population of Europe and Poland, known as the Holocaust. As a result of this genocide, over 90% of Polish Jews were killed, and 99% of Lithuanian or Latvian Jews. Nearly 6 million people of Jewish origin died worldwide. Apart from the murders, it was common to take property or destroy objects related to Jewish religion, tradition, and culture. An example is the New Synagogue in Poznań. Along with the extermination of people, the Holocaust also meant the annihilation of the Jewish world. In the years 1939-1945 the material traces of the Jewish presence were destroyed, e.g. in May 1943 the Germans blew up the building of the Great Synagogue in Warsaw, and churches were set on fire in other cities. Hundreds of historically valuable buildings lay in ruins.
The Christmas tree is still standing. Too lazy today to take it down over the weekend. We like looking at the lights in the evenings. Couple that with snow on the ground now, it still feels like Christmas.
Last night I took melatonin at 01:30 and actually slept until 12:00 today, almost 12 hours. I finally feel rested today.
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