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German retreat continues on Eastern Front

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German retreat continues on Eastern Front

16th February 1943: Kharkiv, the second city of the Ukraine, is re-occupied by the Red Army

Feb 16
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German retreat continues on Eastern Front

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Kharkiv had been occupied since October 1941. The Nazis sought to Germanise the city, renaming streets and buildings and sending German ‘colonisers’ to exploit their conquest. Most of the 130,000 Jewish residents died in the Holocaust, while other residents starved on meagre rations - 80,000 people died of hunger, cold and disease. 60,000 were forcibly …

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