Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
Growing criticism of the “euthanasia” operation�such as a sermon given by Clemens Galen, the Catholic Bishop of Muenster on August 3, 1941�prompted Hitler to terminate the operation officially. Practically, however, it continued under improved camouflage until the end of the war. By September 1, 1941, when the operation was officially terminated, 70,273 people had been “purged,” according to T4 figures; by the end of 1941, T4 reported that 93,521 beds had been made available for other purposes.
Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
On September 3, the first pilot group of people�600 Soviet prisoners of war and 250 other prisoners, selected among those who had fallen ill�was put to death at Auschwitz by means of Zyklon B gas. The initial attempts failed; the intended victims did not die as had been planned. They had to be taken out and made to wait until the technical flaws were corrected. Then, they were led back to the cells and killed in accordance with the plan.
Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
On September 3-5, the area that had been cleansed of Jews in the “Great Provocation” Aktion (in which the Germans faked a gunfire attack by Jews on German soldiers) was fenced off, and 8,000 Jews of this city were murdered in “retribution.” Two ghettos were established there: Ghetto No. 1 and Ghetto No. 2, separated by Deutsche Street. On September 6, all the Jews of Vilna were banished to the ghettos�30,000 to Ghetto No. 1, and 11,000 to Ghetto No.
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