Nacht und Nebel
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Nacht und Nebel, meaning Night and Fog, also known as the Night and Fog Decree, was a directive issued by Adolf Hitler on 7 December 1941 targeting political activists and resistance "helpers" in the
Commemorative plaque for the French victims at Hinzert concentration camp, showing the expressions Nacht und Nebel and "NN-Deported"
Heinrich Himmler issued orders for Nacht und Nebel in 1941.
Wilhelm Keitel expanded the repressive Nacht und Nebel program to countries under military occupation.
Replica of a Holocaust train covered goods wagon used by Nazi Germany to transport Jews and other victims during the Holocaust
Wilhelm Keitel
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Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel was a German field marshal who held office as chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, the high command of Nazi Germany's armed forces, during World War II. He sig
Nacht und Nebel
…population uncertain as to the fate of the offender. Deportation to Germany serves this purpose. At the Armed Forces High Command, Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel had also received a so-called "Führer's decree" from Hitler on 7 December 1941, and while this order was not documented in writing, Keitel immediately…
Keitel in 1942
Keitel (seated far right) with Hitler in the Sudetenland in 1938
Keitel (far left) and other members of the German high command with Adolf Hitler at a military briefing (c. 1940)
Keitel signing the ratified surrender terms for the German Army in Berlin, 8 May 1945