The battalion had been decimated during the battle but remained in the line manning positions at 'The Apex', a knoll near Chunuk Bair.
The faithful cite the rebbe's magnetism and utopian ideals — he pioneered drug treatment centers for Jews and non-Jews alike, urged Jews to more deeply embrace their faith and sought to reinvigorate the Hasidic community, which had been decimated during the Holocaust — when they explain why, nearly two decades later, they still come, seeking a sense of nearness.
That included rebuilding the nation's cod fishing fleet, which had been decimated during the war.
Using data from the U.S. State Departments Humanitarian Information Unit and working with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Google now shows more than 3,300 villages (yes, entire villages) that have been decimated during the genocide.
Home construction jumped 28percentt last year, helping to drive a rebound in hiring in a sector that was decimated during the recession.
The group's repertory included dances from several regions of Hungary, and a few remnants of Hungary's Jewish population (a Hasidic wedding song and an improvisation on "Ani Ma'amim," a familiar Sabbath tune), which was decimated during World War II.
Though widely known in revolutionary Europe in their day, the Borot'bisty were decimated during the Stalinist holocaust in Ukraine.
Myanmar's education system was decimated during what the Asian Development Bank calls "50 years of stagnation" under military rule.
Flick's remarks were criticized as insensitive, especially given that Lviv's Jewish population was decimated during the Holocaust.
In 2008, television's prime-time lineups were decimated during the early months of the year by the writers' strike.
