Russian general killed by car bomb in Moscow, officials say
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German General Assassinated at Nantes, France
Vichy, France, Oct. [DATE] — Gen. Holtz, commanding the important German base at Nantes on the occupied French coast, WAS shot dead at 8 a.m. today by two assassins in the most serious terrorist incident OF the entire occupation period. In the last such incident, the assassination OF a German captain at Paris, 50 French hostages were shot in reprisal. The killers escaped. It was understood that Holtz's assassins escaped despite an immediate roundup by German army patrols of scores OF persons who were on the docks and streets despite the 1880 p.m. curfew. Holtz was alone. Two attackers stole up on him in the total coastal blackout and fired six shots at him as he reached the darkened square opposite the Place St. Pierre near Nantes Cathedral. Two shots which entered the neck at the back were fatal. The assassination was blamed on new outbreak of Communist terrorist activity after a lapse of about three weeks. Nantes is one of the most important German army bases in the coastal area.
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Nacht und Nebel
Until the issuing of the Nacht und Nebel decree in December 1941, prisoners from Western Europe were handled by German soldiers in approximately the same way as by other countries: according to international agreements and procedures such as the Geneva Conventions. The Nacht und Nebel directive targeted political activists and resistance 'helpers' in the territories occupied by Nazi Germany, who were to be imprisoned, executed, or made to disappear into the 'night and fog' of the Reich.
Wikipedia →Otto von Stülpnagel
Stülpnagel continued to disagree with Berlin's policy of mass executions of hostages in retaliation for anti-German acts. In author Gildea's view, the Hotz assassination resulted in 'the whip hand on the German side passed from the military authorities who were tough but fair to the secret police who were interested only in repression.'
Wikipedia →Vel' d'Hiv roundup
The Vel' d'Hiv' roundup was a mass arrest of Jews in Paris on 16–17 July 1942 by Vichy French police at the behest of the German occupational authorities. Jews arrested during the roundup were deported to Nazi Germany and targeted for extermination as part of the Holocaust.
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