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Within Germany, there were many who opposed the antisemitic policies of the Nazi regime. One such figure was Otto Hirsch, a politician and activist who died in the Mauthausen concentration camp on June 19th, 1941. Otto Hirsch first entered political life in 1930 when he was elected president of the high council of the JewishContinue reading “June 19th in German History: The Death of Jewish Politician Otto Hirsch”