Third Novogrudek massacre
Nazis murder some 510 people—nearly all of the inhabitants of the Novogrudek ghetto at Pereseika. The surviving Jews are concentrated in the courthouse ghetto quarters.
Second Nazi mass execution of Jews from Novogrudek and nearby communities
Between 3,000 and 5,000 people are murdered, including most of the inhabitants of Novogrodek ghetto.
Paula Burger joins her father in partisan camp
After a daring escape from the ghetto hidden inside of an empty water barrel, Paula and her brother Isaac are reunited with their father, Wolf, and are introduced to life in the Bielski partisan camp.
President Roosevelt signs Executive Order for relocation of Japanese Americans
In reaction to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Executive Order 9066 mandates the internment of Japanese Americans with the stated purpose of preventing espionage. From 1942 to 1945, US government policy requires that people of Japanese descent in the US--including American citizens--are forcibly relocated to and held in isolated camps in the US interior.
Wannsee Conference on the "Final Solution"
Leading Nazi officials convene at Wannsee to plan and implement the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question." At this meeting, operational preparations for the extermination of European Jewry are outlined.
