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May 10

1941

Rudolf Hess flies to Scotland. Martin Bormann succeeds him
as head of the Party under Hitler, with the title of Chief
of the Party Chancery. In that position he took over all
offices and powers formerly held by Hess, especially his
membership in the Cabinet and on the Ministers' Council for
the Defense of the Reich (2099-PS). (NCA II, 898)

1942

One thousand people were murdered during an Aktion in Wolozyn, 
Byelorussia.  (Edelheit 1994, 169)

1943

Senator William Langer (R-ND) attacks the lack of results from the 
Bermuda refugee conference, telling the Senate that two million European Jews 
have already been killed and that five million others will be murdered 
unless rescued immediately. (USHMM 1993, 33)

1944

Himmler orders the dissolution of all remaining ghettos and the deportation of 
Jewish residents to concentration camps. (USHMM 1994, 41)


                       Work Cited

Edelheit, Abraham J., and Hershel Edelheit.  History of the 
	Holocaust:  A Handbook and Dictionary.  Boulder:  Westview Press, 1994.

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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