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May 7, 1945. On this date, German armed forces surrendered unconditionally to Allied forces in the west.
January 27, 1945. On this date, the Soviet army liberated approximately 7,000 prisoners in Auschwitz, Birkenau, and Monowitz.
July 20, 1944. On this date, Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg and other military officers attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
June 28, 1942. On this date, German forces attacked the Soviet Union in the south towards the city of Stalingrad.
June 9, 1942. On this date, German forces destroyed the village of Lidice as retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague.
May 27, 1942. On this date, Czech agents assassinated Reinhard Heydrich in Prague.
February 2, 1943. On this date, German forces surrendered at Stalingrad on the Volga in the Soviet Union.
November 3, 1943. On this date, SS and police units implemented "Operation Harvest Festival" (also known as Aktion Erntefest).
March 13-16, 1943. On this date, SS and police authorities liquidated the Krakow ghetto.
May 15-18, 1944. On this date, German authorities deported over 7,000 Jews from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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