Historical Organization
German SS and police
German SS and police
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Organization Timeline
German and Lithuanian authorities select Jews in the Kovno ghetto
๐ 28 October 1941German occupation officials selected more than 9,200 Jewish residents at Demokratลณ Square during the so-called Great Action. Those selected included many children, older people, and people...
Massacre at Fort IX kills 9,200 Kovno ghetto residents
๐ 29 October 1941German SS and police units and Lithuanian police auxiliaries murdered approximately 9,200 people from the Kovno ghetto at Fort IX. The previous day, German officials had selected the victims. The...
Jewish resistance interrupts a renewed Warsaw ghetto deportation action
๐ 18 January 1943When German forces entered the Warsaw ghetto to resume deportations, Jewish underground fighters and civilians resisted. The operation was halted after several days; this January resistance preceded...
Final deportation wave from the Vilna ghetto begins
๐ 6 August 1943German authorities began the final wave of deportations from the Vilna ghetto. Thousands were sent to killing centers, concentration or forced-labor camps, including Sobibor and camps in Estonia and...
German forces arrest Jews in Rome
๐ 16 October 1943German authorities and police rounded up more than 1,000 Jews in Rome. Two days later, most were deported to Auschwitz. The arrests followed Germanyโs occupation of central and northern Italy after...