In 1942 Jews thought the terrible catastrophe was never going to end. Also in 1942 more than 200 Jewish children were defaced. By 1942 in May Swiss officials knew that Hitler was exterminding all Jews in concentration camps. Late on November 7 in 1942 Jewish announced that they were going to start the holocaust. About 200,000 Jewish handicapped people were killed between 1940 and 1945. 1943 is when the many protests started occurring. Due to these protests 50,000 Jews were not sent to concentration camps. June 6, 1944 the western allied armies that landed in northern France. By early 1945 Hitler realized that he was going to lose the war. Allies advanced. As the war and holocaust started to end concentration camps burned more and more Jews. In July 1944 in one concentration camp 400 Jews were gassed or beaten to death. A transport known as the last transport disappeared in a train carrying more than 2,500 Jews. 600 more children lived in1945 more than any other year.
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