From the beginning of its occupation, Germans terrorized the Jewish population, robbing them of their possessions, kidnapping them for labor gangs, and one night in April 1940, breaking into homes, attacking men and raping women, and then forcing the Jews to burn holy books in a bonfire and to sing and dance around it.
From the outset of its occupation, Germans brutalized the Jewish population, confiscating their belongings, coercing them into labor gangs, and one night in April 1940, invading homes, assaulting men and raping women, and then compelling the Jews to burn sacred texts in a pyre and sing and dance around it.