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![Deportation of Romani (Gypsy) families from Vienna to Poland. [LCID: 22005]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/thumb/bd14360a-6cc2-4b64-8c68-32430f2350ee.jpg.pagespeed.ce.8cLU0l8qWq.jpg)
![Assault troops approach Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. [LCID: sc078]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/thumb/c2a00178-d908-4cbe-bf96-e506a38ad98a.jpg.pagespeed.ce.eParNtuh61.jpg)
![Illustration from an antisemitic children's primer. [LCID: 10640c]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/thumb/4c6348d1-d3e6-4be3-aae5-b12761f4f20a.jpg.pagespeed.ce.ZYVA_641w6.jpg)
![A writer from Duesseldorf who was arrested for homosexuality. [LCID: 80370]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/thumb/df606ccb-213b-4c8b-b902-760bc95d3b7e.jpg.pagespeed.ce.uqWLm6vDWg.jpg)
![A couple dances at the "Eldorado," a nightclub frequented by members of Berlin's homosexual community. [LCID: 01673]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/thumb/9a0c94ef-70af-47d4-a5aa-c481819c45cd.jpg.pagespeed.ce.vvW8A0s-f8.jpg)
![Adolf Hitler stands with an SA unit during a Nazi parade in Weimar [LCID: 02286]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/thumb/1e5a14c5-9521-4637-845a-55f423097328.jpg.pagespeed.ce.nXwncuV_1R.jpg)
