The Battle of Stalingrad, which turned the tide of World War II 80 years ago when German forces capitulated to the Red Army ... Show more
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Quick Glance: Stalingrad: A Victory That Changed World War II 80 Years Ago
- The German general Friedrich Paulus' 6th Army took control of 90 percent of the city.
- The Soviets launched a decisive onslaught in January 1943, retaking the destroyed city district by district until the last German troops surrendered on February 2, 1943.
- Originally known as Tsaritsyn, the city was renamed Stalingrad under the reign of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in 1925.
- The city is steeped in nostalgia for the former Soviet Union, which fuels a thriving historical tourism industry.
80 years ago on September 7, 1942, 22 students from the secondary school in Rorschach wrote a letter of protest to the Federal Council ... Show more
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📈 According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the 7-day incidence in the Augsburg city area is currently 174.4 new infections per 100 ... Show more
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Am 13. August 1942 wurde die Grenze für jüdische Flüchtlinge in die Schweiz geschlossen. In einem Erlass des Eidgenössischen Justiz- und Polizeidepartements ... Show more
Quick Glance: A 101-year-old former Nazi camp guard has been convicted by a German court of being an accessory to 3,500 killings.
- A German court found a 101-year-old man, believed to be a former concentration camp guard, guilty of being an accessory to 3,518 instances of murder.
- Josef S denied working as an SS guard at the Sachsenhausen detention camp north of Berlin from 1942 to 1945.
- One example is that this year, Germany's highest criminal court determined that persons who worked as guards at concentration camps might still be prosecuted even if no particular crimes were committed.
👨⚖️ The prosecution had accused S. of aiding and abetting murder in more than 3,500 cases. According to the indictment ... Show more
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There is a new wall plaque in the "Historic Mainz" series: it commemorates the prestigious business premises of the Ganz entrepreneurial family ... Show more
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#annefrank : In our town hall you can see the traveling exhibition "Deine Anne. A Girl Makes History”. 🖼️
🗣️ The special thing: Augsburg schoolchildren ... Show more
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