In August 1941, Hitler's armies blocked the last roads leading into Leningrad. What followed was one of the most horrific sieges in history.
Describes life in the Russian city of Leningrad during World War II.
War of extermination: the German military in World War II
by Heer, Hannes
fromWar and Genocide
Panzerzüge an der Ostfront: 1941-1944
In the ghettos of Lithuania an urban infrastructure developed based on the needs of Jewish conscription and forced labor for German occupation forces and the Lithuanian administration. Using the example of the ghettos in Vilnius, Kaunas, and Šiauliai, the author reveals for the …
Am 15. März 1942 begann die "Aktion Reinhardt". Die deutschen Besatzer deportierten die Juden aus den Ghettos im besetzten Polen und vergasten sie in den Vernichtungslagern Belzec, Sobibór und Treblinka. Bis November 1943 ermordeten sie dabei annähernd zwei Millionen Menschen, v…