Newsgroups: alt.revisionism,soc.history,soc.culture.jewish Subject: Holocaust Calendar: January 4 From: kmcvay@nizkor.org.nospam Followup-To: alt.revisionism Organization: The Nizkor Project X-Remember: http://www.nizkor.org [Follow-ups set] January 4 1943 Members of the underground Jewish Fighting Organization (in Polish, Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa, or ZOB) in Poland undertake armed resistance against a German occupation (Aktion) in the ghetto of Czestochowa. Two hundred fifty-one Jews are killed, and others are deported. (USHMM, 1993. Pg. 19) The mayors of the Italian cities of Florence and Padua are deposed by Mussolini's Fascist Party because of their deliberate efforts to delay carrying out measures against Jews. (Ibid.) 1944 At a conference held at the Fuehrer's headquarters to determine the labor requirements of the Reich to be fulfilled from occupied countries, Albert Speer (Minister of Armaments and War Production), Fritz Sauckel (Plenipotentiary for Labor Allocation), Reichsfuehrer SS Heinrich Himmler (Minister of Interior), and Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel determine that four million conscripted laborers are needed to support the German war effort. Of this total, France is expected to provide one million men between February 1 and December 31, 1944. (USHMM, 1994. Pg. 24) The Italian Social Republic, or Salo Republic (RSI), the Fascist government of northern Italy, prohibits Jews from owning stock or land and also orders the seizure of all Jewish wealth. (Ibid.) The Central Office for Reich Security (Reichssicherheitshauptamt, RSHA) agrees to the release of five Danish Jews of mixed descent arrested in autumn 1943, as part of a November 1943 agreement between Adolf Eichmann and the Danish government. (Ibid.) During a conference with Adolf Hitler, at which Wilhelm Keitel was present, it is determined that 4,000,000 new workers should be obtained from the occupied territories. (NCA II, 535) Work Cited NCA II. Office of the United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Volume II. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1946 USHMM (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). Fifty Years Ago: Revolt Amid the Darkness: Days of Remembrance, April 18-25, 1993. Washington, D.C.: 1993 USHMM (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). Fifty Years Ago: Darkness Before Dawn: Days of Remembrance, April 3-10, 1994. Washington, D.C.: 1994
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