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Kharkov liberated from Nazis
Soviet troops liberated Kharkov from all Nazis. This act was so important that a statue was built to honor all the troops who liberted Kharkov from the Nazis. The statue was finished in 2008. -
The "Secret Annexe" daily timetable
Half past eight in the morining: Pim must stop using water and has to be in the living room. Shortly after, Anne gets her porridge and goes back in her room to hastily do her hair and put her bed in place. At about nine in the morning: everyone reads or works. -
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US forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands
New Georgia island is located in the New Georgia Group, an archipelago including most of the other larger islands in the province. It is about 72 km (45 miles) long. -
Denmark declares a universal strike against Nazi occupiers
Denmark–Norway is the historiographical name for a former political entity consisting of the united kingdoms of Denmark and Norway, including overseas Norwegian dependencies of Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and the Northern Isles. -
Japanese occupiers intern Jewish Congregation of Sorabajo
The Japanese Empire occupied Indonesia, known then as the Dutch East Indies, during World War II from March 1942 until after the end of the War in 1945. The period was one of the most critical in Indonesian history. -
British 8th army lands in Messina (South Italy)
The Eighth Army was one of the best-known formations of the British Army during World War II, fighting in the North African and Italian campaigns. It was a British formation, always commanded by British officers -
British 8th army lands at Taranto (South Italy)
Taranto is a coastal city in Puglia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto and is an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base. -
US airland at Nadzab, New-Guinea
Nadzab Village is in the Markham Valley, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea on the Highlands Highway. The Nadzab Airport is located East of Nadzab Village and was the site of the only Allied paratrooper assault in New Guinea on 5 September 1943. -
987 Dutch Jewish transported to Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Auschwitz concentration camp was a network of concentration and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany during World War II. -
Italy surrenders
The Italian Campaign of World War II was the name of Allied operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to the end of the war in Europe. Joint Allied Forces Headquarters (AFHQ) was operationally responsible for all Allied land forces in the Mediterranean theatre, and it planned and commanded the invasion of Sicily and the campaign on the Italian mainland until the surrender of German forces in Italy in May 1945. -
15 German JU-88's sink Italian flag ship Rome
The Junkers Ju 88 was a World War II German Luftwaffe twin-engine, multi-role aircraft. Designed by Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke (JFM) in the mid-1930s to be a so-called Schnellbomber which would be too fast for any of the fighters of its era to intercept, it suffered from a number of technical problems during the later stages of its development -
Italy's capitulation
The "Secret Annexe family" sat around listening to the seven o'clock news. They heard that Italy has capitulated. Unfortunately, Koophuis is not feeling good and cannot eat or walk a lot for at least two weeks. -
Bad relations
At mealtimes, no one speaks because whatever you say will annoy someone. Anne swallows Valerian pills every day to fight her worry and depression but it gets her even more miserable the next day. -
Mrs. Van Daan's birthday
For her birthday, she received a pot of jam, coupons for cheese, meat and bread. From her husband, Dussel and the protectors of the "Secret Annexe" she received food and flowers. Elli had been sent out so often that she had a fit of nerves. -
Koophuis is back
Although he still looks pale, Koophuis is back. The Van Daans have run out of money, but Mrs. Van Daan won't allow her husband to sell her pile of coats, dresses and shoes. Although she doesn't want to, Mrs. Van Daan will have to sell her fur coat.
