Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich7 September 1939
Orders the, "Polish Ruling Class is to be put out of harms way as far as possible"
Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Orders the, "Polish Ruling Class is to be put out of harms way as far as possible"
2.5 million are exterminated under his command
600 Russian prisoners of war are gassed, 1st experiment with Zykon B
Sonderkommando 4a slaughter 33,771 Jews, within the 6th Armys Area of responsibility
Orders the 6th Army to create a command structure for atrocities in the Ukraine
150 houses are burned to the ground, 8 people are shot dead
"the result of the war will be the complete annihilation of the Jews". Celebrates his 9th anniversary of power
Ordered by Hitler after the assassination of Reinard Heydrich. Lidice is raized to the ground. 189 men are shot &184 women are sent to Ravensbruck
The NAZIs respond to Heydrichs assassination by massacaring the population of Lidice
Becomes responsible for the massacre of a million Jews
Orders the execution of 4,300 Poles
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