1940
Nazis invade Denmark (Jewish pop. 8,000), Norway (Jewish pop. 2,000), France (Jewish pop. 350,000), Belgium (Jewish pop. 65,000), Holland (Jewish pop. 140,000), Luxembourg (Jewish pop. 3,500) and Romania (Jewish pop. 34,000). France passes its own version of the Nuremberg Laws. Polish Jewish Ghettos in Krakow, Lodz and Warsaw are sealed off.