1944
MARCH
MAY
- Hungarian Jews were deported to Auschwitz
JUNE
- Allied troops invades Normandy and that day is known asD-Day.
- Group of Nazi officers failed in attempt to assassinate Hitler.
- Maidanek death camp was liberated by the Russian troops.
AUGUST
- SS officials deported the inmates of camps back towards Germany as Russian army advances.
OCTOBER
- Last gassing at Auschwitz as it blows up.
- Nazis try to hide evidence of death camp as they destroy the Auschwitz crematorium.
