Deportation of Norwegian Jews
Approximately 700 Jews from Norway are deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Battle of Stalingrad begins
Following a successful campaign against the Soviet Union since the launch of Operation "Barbarossa" in June 1941, the German military reaches the industrial city of Stalingrad (today Volgograd), which is key to Hitler's plan to conquer the USSR. They are met by a Soviet counteroffensive that stretches into a months-long siege of the city during the extraordinarily harsh winter of 1942-1943.
Mass deportation of Belgian Jews
Beginning on 4 August 1942, approximately one half of Belgium's Jews--more than 25,000 people--are deported, mostly to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Warsaw Jewish underground established
In response to the mass deporations to Treblinka, the Jewish Fighting Organization is established in the Warsaw ghetto. The underground resists Nazi domination by force of arms to demonstrate Jewish determination to survive.
Mass killings at Treblinka
Treblinka's gas chambers begin operation. In a little over a year, about 750,000 Jews and 2,000 Roma are exterminated at the camp.