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Dortmund bombed. http://www.bomber-command.info
Dortmund bombed. http://www.bomber-command.info
375 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Harpenerweg oil refinery at Dortmund (78) and oil refineries at Nordstern (104) and Minsterstein (112). http://paul.rutgers.edu/~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/html/Feb.45.html
422 B-17s are sent to hit benzol plants at Bochum (99) and Gelsenkirchen (36), oil refineries at Dortmund (74) and Alm (37) http://paul.rutgers.edu/~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/html/Feb.45.html
400 RAF bombers carry out attacks against Dortmund and Rheine. http://www.feldgrau.com/february.html
Dortmund bombed. http://www.bomber-command.info
344 B-17s are dispatched to bomb the Horderverein (24) and Harpenerweg (62) oil refineries at Dortmund. http://paul.rutgers.edu/~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/html/Mar.45.html 19 of 20 B-24s bomb Dortmund during the night. http://paul.rutgers.edu/~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/html/Mar.45.html
526 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Robert Muser (99) and Bruchstrasse (63) benzol plants at Langendreer, the Gneisenau benzol plant at Dortmund (110). http://paul.rutgers.edu/~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/html/Mar.45.html 15 B-24s attack the marshalling yard at Dortmund during the night. http://paul.rutgers.edu/~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/html/Mar.45.html
526 B-17s are sent to hit the Sud (109), Erfeld (111) and Eving (153) marshalling yards at Dortmund and the Soest marshalling yard (138). http://paul.rutgers.edu/~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/html/Mar.45.html 457 B-17s are sent to hit the Sinsen (89) and Coesfeld (38) rail crossings and the marshalling yards at Schwerte (116) and Hagen (41); 136 hit the secondary, a marshalling yard at Dortmund. http://paul.rutgers.edu/~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/html/Mar.45.html
RAF Bomber Command sets another new record for single target, when 4,851 tons are dropped on Dortmund. http://www.wargamer.com/ww2timeline/1945western.asp
January 1945 - 12 April 1945 In January 1945 the SS issued orders from Berlin to Duesseldorf which resulted in the mass execution of German and overseas workers, as well as political dissidents and opposition party representatives, in the closing days of World War Two. Following the orders from Duesseldorf Gestapo officers in Dortmund rounded up more and more people and took them to the police cells 'Steinwache' and the Gestapo cells in the 'Benninghoferstrasse.' In addition, forced labourers (Dutch, Belgian, French, Polish, Yugoslavian and Russian) from all over the local government district of Arnsberg were also brought to Dortmund. The executions commenced from the 7th March 1945 onwards as lorries systematically carried groups of prisoners to the fields in the Rombergpark and the Bittermark (suburbs of Dortmund) and Gestapo officers shot them. This continued until 12th April 1945, when American soldiers were already in the near vicinity. Shortly after Easter, the 150-strong Gestapo execution commando fled via Hemer and Iserlohn for destinations all over the world. 27 of them were brought to trial in Dortmund in 1951 and 1952. 15 of the accused were found not guilty and no-one was found guilty of murder. However, 12 were found guilty of being accomplices to murder and received between 2 and 6 years in prison. Around 300 people - the exact number has never been established - were killed in the days over Easter 1945. One of the victims was the resistance member Martha Gillessen (born 30.11.1901), who took in a Jewish woman. She was betrayed by a comrade and arrested by the Gestapo on 08. February 1945, along with many other resistance members. A street in the north of Dortmund is named after Martha Gillessen. [Excerpt from] Urich Sander, 1945: Mass murder in Romberg Park and the Bittermark The Gestapo in Dortmund murders 300 persons from seven different nations -forced labourers, prisoners of war and resistance fighters -. End of Second World War, Dortmund lies in ruins: 65% of the metropolitan area, 93% of the city centre destroyed. http://www.eurotravelling.net/germany/dortmund/dortmund_history.htm |
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