Lex Anteinternet: Wednesday October 22, 1941. Odessa, Châteaubriant and Nantes.

Friday, October 22, 2021

Wednesday October 22, 1941. Odessa, Châteaubriant and Nantes.

On this day in 1941 the mass murder of the Jewish population in and surrounding Odessa commenced, with over 20,000 people being killed in two days. The atrocity commenced in supposed retaliation for the detonation of a mine in the NKVD headquarters. The mine had been placed in the location prior to the Soviet withdrawal. German and Romanians participated in the atrocity.

In France, Germans executed 27 residents of Châteaubriant and 21 in Nantes in retaliation for the Resistance assassination of German officer Karl Hotz some days prior.

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Lex Anteinternet?

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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?"

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