1943 ⟶ Himmler Orders Gypsies to Concentration Camps
German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies and "p...
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👮 Himmler Takes Command of German Police Forces
All German police forces come under the command of Heinrich Himmler.⟶
policeHimmlerSSNazi Germanysecurityconsolidation of powerauthoritarianismGermany
📰 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
🏭 Himmler Orders Majdanek Concentration Camp Construction
Heinrich Himmler visits Soviet POWs near Minsk and Lublin and decides to build the concentration camp near Lublin known as Majdanek concentration camp.⟶
HolocaustConcentration CampsHimmlerMajdanekExterminationNazi GermanyEastern Front
🪖 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."⟶
The HolocaustPersecutionGypsiesRomaniConcentration CampsNazi GermanyGenocideHimmlerSS
👮 Heinrich Himmler Arrested
SS Commander Heinrich Himmler, attempting to pass with a forged identity as a common soldier, is arrested at a checkpoint manned by liberated Soviet POWs acting under command of British forces. He would be remanded to British custody on 23 May and there correctly identified.⟶
HimmlerSSArrestWar CriminalNazi GermanyBritish ForcesSoviet POWsIdentificationEnd of War
💀 Heinrich Himmler's Suicide
Heinrich Himmler, head of the notorious SS, dies of suicide via cyanide pill.⟶
HimmlerSuicideSSNazi GermanyWar CriminalDeathEnd of WarAccountability