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Events in the year 1942 in Germany. Head of State and Chancellor. Executions of Kiev Jews by German army mobile killing units (Einsatzgruppen) near Ivangorod. 13 January — Heinkel test pilot Helmut Schenk becomes the first person to escape from a stricken aircraft with an ejection seat.
On January 7, 1942, the Inspectorate of Concentration Camps redesignates Stutthof as a concentration camp. German authorities begin the deportation of Jews from the Łódź ghetto to Chelmno. By 1945, at least 167,000 Jews and approximately 4,300 Roma (Gypsies) are murdered at Chelmno.
From 1942 to 1943, Nazi Germany suffered battle and territory losses in the Soviet Union and North Africa. With the Soviets on the offensive, German troops were pushed westward, gradually losing control of the Eastern Front.
Greatest extent of territory controlled by or allied with Germany, November 1942 (more) Through much of 1942 an ultimate German victory still seemed possible. The renewed offensive in the Soviet Union in the spring at first yielded successes comparable to those of the previous year.
Learn about the Nazi concentration camp system between 1942 and 1945. Read about forced labor, evacuations, medical experiments, and liberation during this period.
Through much of 1942 an ultimate German victory still seemed possible. The renewed offensive in the Soviet Union in the spring at first continued the successes of the previous year. Once again Hitler chose to concentrate on the capture of the Caucasus and its oil at the expense of the Moscow front.
In the period from May 1942 to September 1944 more than 4,200,000 Jews were killed in such death camps as Auschwitz (Oświęcim), Treblinka, Belzec, Chełmno, Majdanek, and Sobibor. About 5,700,000 Jews died in the course of the Final Solution.
Late October 1942. Local peasants betray six members of the Jewish Fighting Organization near Kraków, Poland, alerting German troops to the Jews’ presence. Three thousand Jews readied for deportation from eastern Poland to the Belzec death camp are stripped naked to prevent resistance. November 1942. Deportations of Jews from Holland and ...
June 22: Germany invades the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa). August 9: Atlantic Conference begins. September 8: Siege of Leningrad begins. December 7: The Japanese launch a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. December 11: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States; then the United States declares war on Germany and Italy.
May – Start of deportation to Auschwitz of 300,000 Jews from Poland and 23,000 Jews from Germany and Austria. 4 May – SS carry out the first selection at the camp in Birkenau. Selected prisoners are murdered in the gas chamber.