Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
The Red Army renewed its attack on Romania on 20 August, occupying Iasi on 23 August. In an anti-fascist rebellion, King Michael arrested Marshal Ion Antonescu, overthrew his regime and formed a new government under the leadership of General Sanatescu. By the end of August, the Soviets had decimated a large percentage of the German troops in Romania, and occupied main cities including Bucharest, and King Michael had declared war on Germany. With the surrender of Romania to the Soviet
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Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
The Slovaks embarked on a large-scale uprising to remove the Slovak People´s Party of Hlinka from power, and to free the state from its dependence on Nazi Germany. The plans rested on the hope that the Soviet army would concurrently break through the German lines on two fronts. Thus, the rebels hoped they could hold out against the Germans until the Soviets came. Even before the uprising, the partisans controlled much of eastern and central Slovakia. On August 28, the
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Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
Military forces liberated Antwerp on September 4. The last Jews in this city -aliens who were staying there as refugees – had been banished to the death camps in September 1943. According to initial estimates, some 3,000 men and women and 300 children were in hiding in and around the town. After the fact, these numbers turned out to have been overstated. Precise figures are unavailable.
