Free Republic University, Department of History presents
World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment:
New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword realtime Or view
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
2 posted on
09/19/2011 4:41:56 AM PDT by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
September 19, 1941
- "German troops capture Kiev. Zhitomir ghetto liquidated 10,000 killed.
- "As per the Nazi decree of September 1, 1941, the Jews of Slovakia, Bohemia, and Moravia are required to wear identifying Yellow Stars."
![](http://www.holocaustchronicle.org/StaticPages/HolocaustScans/HiRes/1941/19410008000092)
"As the Germans conquered Eastern Europe, they encouraged ethnic Germans (Volksdeutsche) to join Nazi organizations.
Many of these ethnic Germans participated in the crimes committed by the Nazi regime.
In this photograph, uniformed Volksdeutsche pose with a group of Serbs and Jews they have executed in Petrovgrad, Yugoslavia, on September 17, 1941."
6 posted on
09/19/2011 5:59:27 AM PDT by
BroJoeK
(a little historical perspective....)
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