Aktion Erntefest
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Aktion Erntefest was a mass shooting operation carried out by Nazi Germany in November 1943, during which approximately 42,000 Jewish prisoners in the Lublin district of occupied Poland were murdered in a single coordinated massacre.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Operation Harvest Festival (Aktion Erntefest) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust massacre
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Nazi German mass murder operation ⓘ crime against humanity ⓘ war crime ⓘ |
| aim | liquidation of remaining Jewish forced laborers in Lublin district ⓘ |
| authorizedBy | Heinrich Himmler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| codeNameLanguage | German ⓘ |
| codeNameMeaning | Operation Harvest Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consequence | near-total annihilation of Jewish forced laborers in Lublin district ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| date | November 1943 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1943-11-04 ⓘ |
| historicalContext | German occupation of Poland ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| location |
General Government
NERFINISHED
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Lublin District NERFINISHED ⓘ occupied Poland ⓘ |
| memorializedAt |
State Museum at Majdanek
NERFINISHED
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memorial sites at Poniatowa ⓘ memorial sites at Trawniki ⓘ |
| memorializedIn | Holocaust memorials in Poland ⓘ |
| methodOfKilling |
machine-gun fire into prepared pits
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mass shooting ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | largest single-day massacre of Jews by German forces during the Holocaust ⓘ |
| numberOfVictims |
approximately 42000
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over 40000 ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
Higher SS and Police Leaders in General Government
NERFINISHED
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Odilo Globocnik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Final Solution to the Jewish Question
NERFINISHED
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the Holocaust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
German police units
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SS NERFINISHED ⓘ SS and Police Leader Odilo Globocnik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preparation | digging of large mass graves ⓘ |
| reason |
fear of Jewish uprisings after Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
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implementation of Final Solution ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Operation Reinhard
NERFINISHED
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| site |
Majdanek concentration camp
NERFINISHED
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Poniatowa labor camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Trawniki labor camp NERFINISHED ⓘ other forced labor camps in Lublin district ⓘ |
| startDate | 1943-11-03 ⓘ |
| typeOfCrime | genocide ⓘ |
| victim |
Jewish prisoners
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Jews in the Lublin district ⓘ |
| victimGroupStatus | civilians ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Operation Harvest Festival (Aktion Erntefest)