1939 ⟶ British Report on Concentration Camps Released

The British government releases a report on concentration ca...
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📰 British Report on Concentration Camps Released

The British government releases a report on concentration camps being built in Europe for Jews and anti-Nazis.⟶
UKConcentration CampsReportPropagandaWorld War IIHolocaustHuman RightsNazi GermanyInformation

🇬🇧 British Rejection of Peace Negotiations with Nazi Germany

British Government rules out possibility of negotiated peace with Nazi Germany.⟶
UKNazi Germanywar aimsnegotiationsWorld War IIpoliticsdiplomacystrategySecond World War

🏥 Hitler Orders Halt to Involuntary Euthanasia Program (Action T4)

Adolf Hitler orders a temporary halt to Nazi Germany's systematic involuntary euthanasia of mentally ill and handicapped due to protests. However, graduates of the Action T4 operation were then transferred to concentration camps, where they continued in their trade.⟶
Hitler Orders Halt to Involuntary Euthanasia Program (Action T4) (1941)
Nazi GermanyEuthanasiaAction T4HolocaustWar CrimesHuman RightsMental IllnessConcentration Camps

🪖 Himmler Orders Gypsies to Concentration Camps

German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies and "part-Gypsies" are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps."⟶
Himmler Orders Gypsies to Concentration Camps (1943)
The HolocaustPersecutionGypsiesRomaniConcentration CampsNazi GermanyGenocideHimmlerSS

🕊️ Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp Liberated

Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated by the British Army.⟶
Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp Liberated (1945)
GermanyBergen-BelsenConcentration CampLiberationUKHolocaustWar CrimesWorld War II