1941 ⟶ Romanian Fascists Execute Jews in Bucharest

There are reports that Romanian Fascist ("Iron Guards") are ...
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🔪 Romanian Prime Minister Călinescu Assassinated

Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by members of the Iron Guard, a revolutionary Fascist group.⟶
Romanian Prime Minister Călinescu Assassinated (1939)
RomaniaAssassinationIron GuardFascismPolitical ViolenceInternal ConflictWorld War IIRegime Change

🔪 Romanian Fascists Execute Jews in Bucharest

There are reports that Romanian Fascist ("Iron Guards") are executing Jews in Bucharest.⟶
Romanian Fascists Execute Jews in Bucharest (1941)
RomaniaBucharestIron GuardAntisemitismHolocaustPersecutionMassacreFascismWar CrimesEastern Front

✡️ Vilna Ghetto Aktion: 3,000 Jews Killed

Vilna Ghetto Aktion. 3,000 Jews killed.⟶
Vilna Ghetto Aktion: 3,000 Jews Killed (1941)
HolocaustGhettoMassacreJewishLithuaniaEastern FrontNaziPersecutionAktion

🔥 Odessa Massacre Begins

Odessa massacre begins and continues for two days. 25,000 to 34,000 Jews are led in a long procession and are shot and killed in an antitank ditch, or burnt alive after being crowded into four buildings.⟶
Odessa Massacre Begins (1941)
HolocaustMassacreEastern FrontRomaniaJewish PersecutionWar CrimesGenocideSoviet Union

😥 First Reports of Gas Used to Kill Jews Released

First reports in the West that gas is being used to kill the Jews sent to "the East".⟶
HolocaustNazi GermanyJewish PersecutionGas ChambersMass MurderWar CrimesEastern FrontExtermination CampsPropagandaWartime Atrocities