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  • Kraków, Grand Duchy of Cracow, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Present Day Poland)
    Friday Jan 25, 1901
    Itzak Stern

    Birth

    Kraków, Grand Duchy of Cracow, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Present Day Poland)
    Friday Jan 25, 1901

    Stern was born 25 January 1901, in Kraków. He was an important leader in the Jewish community, and was the vice president of the Jewish Agency for Western Poland and a member of the Zionist Central Committee.




  • Pomerania, Poland
    Thursday Jan 25, 1945
    Heinrich Himmler

    Commander of the Hastily formed Army Group Vistula

    Pomerania, Poland
    Thursday Jan 25, 1945

    On 25 January 1945, despite Himmler's lack of military experience, Hitler appointed him as commander of the hastily formed Army Group Vistula (Heeresgruppe Weichsel) to halt the Soviet Red Army's Vistula–Oder Offensive into Pomerania. Himmler established his command center at Schneidemühl, using his special train, Sonderzug Steiermark, as his headquarters.




  • Kraków, Grand Duchy of Cracow, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Present Day Poland)
    Friday Jan 25, 1901
    Itzak Stern

    Birth

    Kraków, Grand Duchy of Cracow, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Present Day Poland)
    Friday Jan 25, 1901

    Stern was born 25 January 1901, in Kraków. He was an important leader in the Jewish community, and was the vice president of the Jewish Agency for Western Poland and a member of the Zionist Central Committee.




  • Pomerania, Poland
    Thursday Jan 25, 1945
    Heinrich Himmler

    Commander of the Hastily formed Army Group Vistula

    Pomerania, Poland
    Thursday Jan 25, 1945

    On 25 January 1945, despite Himmler's lack of military experience, Hitler appointed him as commander of the hastily formed Army Group Vistula (Heeresgruppe Weichsel) to halt the Soviet Red Army's Vistula–Oder Offensive into Pomerania. Himmler established his command center at Schneidemühl, using his special train, Sonderzug Steiermark, as his headquarters.




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