Tag: 1941
Emails: Pre-WWII Polish ‘Concentration Camps’ and Italian ‘Race Laws’ (1938) [8.3.2021)
Dear Adrian I can’t find any evidence Bereza was for Jews, its main business seems to have been interring Communists. Surely if it were a
Sevastopol: Soviet Women Defended the Last Fort to Fall! (1942)
The Nazi German military besieged the Nothern Russian Port of Sevastopol from October 30th, 1941 – July 4th, 1942. This area was defended by the
Poland: Murder of Ethnic Germans (1939)
Author’s Notes: I am referencing primarily the excellent (2016) book entitled ‘Hitler’s Hangman – The Life of Heydrich’ by Robert Gerwarth. He accesses original records that
How Goebbels Massacred ‘Truth’ at Katyn (1941)
Author’s Note: The forces of Nazi Germany invaded West Poland on September 1st, 1939. The Soviet Red Army occupied East Poland on September 17th 1939.
Soviet Red Army Collar & Sleeve Rank Insignia (1941-1943)
Translator’s Note: The Soviet Red Army experimented with elected officers (chosen by the men serving as ordinary soldiers), that changed regularly – with no formal