Operation Reinhard was the German code name for the plan, in the Second World War, to murder the Jews in the General Government, the part of occupied Poland not annexed to the Reich. It was named after Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi official who was assassinated in 1942. Under the leadership of Odilo Globocnik, the SS built three extermination camps, Bełżec, Sobibór and Treblinka, in which Jews brought by train from ghettos in Poland and other countries were killed in gas chambers. More than a million and a half people were murdered. The prisoners' revolts at Treblinka and Sobibór in 1943 led to the closure of the camps, and the SS tried to destroy the evidence.
Before and after
- from 8 December 1941 to 31 January 1942Malayan campaign
- from 8 December 1941 to 25 December 1941Battle of Hong Kong
- 19 December 1941Raid on Alexandria
- 31 December 1941Birth of Alex Ferguson
- 1942Operation Reinhard
- 1942Publication of The Stranger
- 1942Publication of Denes nad Makedonija
- from January 1942 to July 1945Burma Campaign
- 1942Siege of Malta
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