Wednesday, September 29, 2021

September 29, 1941. Babi Yar Masscre Commences.

A horror of epic proportions, in an event that features many epic horrors.

Today in World War II History—September 29, 1941

Over two days the SS would kill an unknown number of Ukrainians including over 30,000 Jewish Ukrainians. Somewhere between 50,000 and 96,000 Ukrainians would be killed overall in the event.

The scale of such events makes the "we didn't know" excuse levied by so many Germans after the war simply lacking in credibility.

German forces entered the Ukrainian Donets Basin on this day in 1941.

In Moscow Soviet minister Molotov, who also knew about plenty of state sponsored bloodshed, met with Canadian Lord Beaverbrook, who was serving as the British Minister of Supply, and Averell Harriman, from the ostensibly neutral United States, about lend lease to the Soviet Union.

Brazil gave the U.S. Navy operating rights from two Brazilian ports.

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Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

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