Where We’ve Been
Annually, Sheerit Hapleitah’s Yom HaShoah commemoration has been recognized by the State and local governments, which include the Village of Skokie, City of Chicago and the State of Illinois.
Particpating Organizations
Sheerit Hapleitah of Metropolitan Chicago
- Association of Descendants of the Shoah
- Dr Janus Korczak B’nai Brith
- Hofesh Chapter Na’amat USA
- Holocaust Association of Child Survivors
- Laor Organization
- Midwest Chestochover Society
- New Citizens Club
- Workman’s Circle
- United Chicago Jews of Hungarian Descent
We mourn the Jewish people and communities who perished in the Holocaust
Country
Austria
Belgium
Bohemia and Moravia
Bulgaria
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Romania
Slovakia
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Total Rounded
Pre-War Jewish Population
185,00
65,700
118,310
50,000
7,800
4,500
2,000
350,000
566,000
77,380
825,000
44,500
91,500
168,000
3,500
140,000
1,700
3,300,000
609,000
88,950
3,020,000
78,000
9,796,840
Number of Jews
50,000
28,900
78,150
0
60
2,000
7
77,320
141,500
67,000
569,000
7,680
71,500
143,000
1,950
100,000
762
3,000,000
287,000
71,000
*1,500,000
63,300
6,260,00
Over 56,000 Jews perished in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. We pay tribute to our Jewish freedom fighters who, with their blood, inscribed a heroic page in our Jewish history.
Address
P.O. Box 59006,
Chicago, IL 60659
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