Open Pit Burning of Bodies Begins at Auschwitz in Place of Burial. The Decision is Made to Dig up and Burn Those Already Buried, 107,000 Corpses, to Prevent Fouling of Ground Water.
Nazis Order all Gypsies to be Arrested and Sent to Extermination Camps
Eichmann Visits Auschwitz, the Day is Unknown
Nazis Evacuate 66,000 from Auschwitz.
Adolf Hitler Died
WW2 Ends
World War 2 Ends
23 former SS doctors and scientists go on trial before a U.S. Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Sixteen are found guilty, with 7 hanged.
Twenty one former SS-Einsatz leaders go on trial before a U.S. Military Tribunal in Nuremberg.