Nazis kill nine and send 1,200 Czech students to concentration camps
On this day, the Nazi authorities occupying Czechoslovakia clamped down hard on student…
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Great Synagogue of Łódź burnt to ground by Nazis
Another Polish synagogue was destroyed by the Nazis on this day. This time it was the Great…
Nazis burn down large Polish synagogue
On this day, the Nazi party attacked and burned down a large synagogue in occupied Poland. …
Gestapo arrest 184 Polish professors and lecturers, and halt all secondary and higher education in Poland
On this day, 184 professors, lecturers and doctors from various Polish universities were…
Parliament of the Republic of Poland dissolved by President Raczkiewicz
On this day, the exiled President of Poland, Władysław Raczkiewicz, announced the dissolution…
Germany and Estonia agree resettlement of Baltic Germans
The governments of Germany and Estonia today settled on an agreement which allows Germans…
First Nazi ghetto created in Poland
On this day, the Nazi occupiers of Poland opened the first ghetto within the country. The…
Hitler visits Polish capital to review victorious German troops
Adolf Hitler, Führer of Nazi Germany, today travelled to the Polish capital Warsaw to view his…
Polish resistance and morale crumbles in north of country
One of the last pockets of resistance in northern Poland has surrendered today, following days…
Poles defend homeland in Battle of Wytyczno
Polish and German forces have clashed once more near the village of Wytyczno in Poland. …