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A German 'Garden of Eden' in the East

A German 'Garden of Eden' in the East

16th July 1941: Hitler sets out his plans for the Eastern territories

Jul 16, 2021
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The reality of the German occupation was already becoming abundantly clear to those living in the East. Jews hanged from a balcony in one of the Ukrainian cities, probably by one of the units of the Einsatzgruppe C, 1941

Hitler was now growing ever more confident that the swift victory over Russia that he had planned was being achieved. The progress of h…

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