
History Daily: The End of the Warsaw Ghetto
American History Tellers
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The Brutality of the Holocaust Begins
The Nazis, under the guidance of Heydrich, are meticulously planning the genocide of the Jewish population in Europe through extermination camps, setting the bureaucratic foundations of the Holocaust. In the Warsaw ghetto, German soldiers execute a brutal operation, known as Bloody Friday, where more than 50 people are killed, and the victims are chosen at random when the intended targets are not found. This event foreshadows the horrifying systematic slaughter that will be unleashed by Nazi Germany as part of Heydrich's plan.
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