6 Aug 1943

Germany
  • German SS-Hauptsturmführer Hans Aumeier gave his subordinates time off from 1300 hours on 7 Aug 1945 to end of the day of 8 Aug 1945 to recognize the work his men accomplished during the liquidation of the Jewish ghettos in Bedzin and Sosnowiec in the Silesia region of Germany (occupied Poland). ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Oberschlesien | CPC]

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