1941 ⟶ Lithuania Declared 'Judenfrei'
SS officer Karl Jaeger reports "Lithuania Judenfrei ," with ...
Year
1941
📜 Lithuania Declared 'Judenfrei'
SS officer Karl Jaeger reports "Lithuania Judenfrei ," with some exceptions.⟶
HolocaustNazi GermanyLithuaniaJudenfreiExterminationEastern EuropeAnti-SemitismGenocide
🏭 Auschwitz Expansion Ordered
Hitler gives orders for the expansion of Auschwitz prison camp, to be run by Commandant Rudolf Höss.⟶
Auschwitzconcentration campHolocaustNazi GermanyexterminationRudolf Hössgenocidepersecutiondeath camp
🇩🇪 Official Start of the Occupation of Lithuania
The occupation of Lithuania starts officially.⟶
LithuaniaOccupationNazi GermanyEastern FrontBaltic StatesResistanceWorld War IIMilitary OccupationEastern Europe
📜 Nuremberg Laws Imposed on Jews in Lithuania
Nuremberg Laws imposed on Jews of Lithuania and Vilnius in particular.⟶
Nuremberg LawsLithuaniaJewish PersecutionAnti-SemitismDiscriminationNazi GermanyWorld War IIOccupationHolocaustVilnius
📜 Göring Orders Heydrich to Formulate 'Final Solution' Plan
Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann Göring, orders SS general Reinhard Heydrich to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired final solution of the Jewish question."⟶
HolocaustFinal SolutionGöringHeydrichNazi GermanyExterminationJewsGenocide