1871 – Unification of Germany, Jews received equal rights
1914 – World War I begins
1917 – Shep Zitler, born in Vilna (Wilno, Vilnius), Lithuania
1918 – World War I ends, independent Poland established
1919 – Hitler’s first rally in Munich
1920 – Felicia Fuksman, born in Lodz, Poland
1923 – Eva Galler, born in Oleszyce, Poland
1923 – Isaac Niederman, born in Satu-Mare, Romania.
1925 – Martin Wasserman, born in Warsaw, Poland
1925 – Siggy Boraks, born in Wielun, Poland
1927 – Dora Niederman, born in Bhuce, Czechoslovakia
1929 – World-wide economic depression
