Block, Siteadmin, SkipCaptcha, Upload, Automoderated users, delete, edit, move, nsTeam2RO, nsTeam2RW, nsTeam2_talkRO, nsTeam2_talkRW, protect, rollback, Administrators, template
293,535
edits
Changes
no edit summary
In the issue of "Messages for the Troops", published by the [[military]] [[propaganda]] department of the OKW (''Oberkommando der Wehrmacht'' or Supreme Command of the Wehrmacht) in June 1941, the meaning of the war that had begun was quite openly stated: "The issue is to liquidate the [[Communist|Red]] [[subhuman]]ity embodied in the [[Moscow]] rulers. The German people are facing the greatest task of their history. The whole world will see that this [[Problem solving|task will be finally solved]]." As a result, "every participant in the Wehrmacht’s Eastern Campaign knew that he was allowed to do anything and would not be brought before a military tribunal.<ref>[https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-german-military-and-the-holocaust The German Military and the Holocaust], Holocaust Encyclopedia.</ref><ref>Wette V., War of Extermination: The Wehrmacht and the Holocaust, ''Modern and Contemporary History''. 1999. No. 3. P. 72–79. [https://worldhistoryconnected.press.uillinois.edu/5.3/br_thomas2.html Book Review]/</ref>
In the issue of "Messages for the Troops", published by the [[military]] [[propaganda]] department of the OKW (''Oberkommando der Wehrmacht'' or Supreme Command of the Wehrmacht) in June 1941, the meaning of the war that had begun was quite openly stated: "The issue is to liquidate the [[Communist|Red]] [[subhuman]]ity embodied in the [[Moscow]] rulers. The German people are facing the greatest task of their history. The whole world will see that this [[Problem solving|task will be finally solved]]." As a result, "every participant in the Wehrmacht’s Eastern Campaign knew that he was allowed to do anything and would not be brought before a military tribunal.<ref>[https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-german-military-and-the-holocaust The German Military and the Holocaust], Holocaust Encyclopedia.</ref><ref>Wette V., War of Extermination: The Wehrmacht and the Holocaust, ''Modern and Contemporary History''. 1999. No. 3. P. 72–79. [https://worldhistoryconnected.press.uillinois.edu/5.3/br_thomas2.html Book Review]/</ref>
[[Einsatzgruppen]] squads began to carry out mass shootings during the last week of June 1941.<ref>[https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/timeline-event/holocaust/1939-1941/operation-barbarossa Operation Barbarossa | Holocaust Encyclopedia]</ref>
==In popular culture==
==In popular culture==
June 22 is commemorated annually in the [[Russian Federation]] as [[Remembrance Day of Sorrow]].
June 22 is commemorated annually in the [[Russian Federation]] as [[Remembrance Day of Sorrow]].
==See also==
==See also==