Liveblogging World War II: February 26, 1943
February 1943 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The Zigeunerlager, a section of the Auschwitz concentration camp that was intended to segregate Gypsy families from other minorities marked for extermination, received its first group of deportees. In three successive actions, the 5,100 residents were murdered, beginning with the elimination of 1,700 on March 22