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  2. Apr 26, 2024 · On the evening of October 22, 1941, an explosion rocked the Romanian military headquarters in Odesa. The blast killed more than 60 people. Among the casualties were the Romanian general in command of the city, members of the Romanian military, four German naval officers, and civilians.

  3. 1 day ago · The Odessa massacre, an act of collective punishment carried out by the Romanian Army and Gendarmes, took the lives of a minimum of between 15,000 and 25,000 to as many as 40,000 or even more than 50,000 Jewish people of all ages. The measure came as the enforcement of Antonescu's own orders, as retaliation for an explosion that killed 67 ...

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  4. May 2, 2024 · Some 1,000 Ukrainian rightists, led by the notorious Right Sector, surrounded, stormed, and burned the House of Trade Unions in Odessa last Friday, killing 39 pro-Russia demonstrators in the...

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    1 day ago · A Soviet gun crew in action at Odesa in 1941. During World War II, Odesa was attacked by Romanian and German troops in August 1941. The defense of Odesa started on 5 August 1941 and lasted for 73 days. The defense was organized on three lines with emplacements consisting of trenches, anti-tank ditches and pillboxes.

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  6. 1 day ago · The major massacres against Jews occurred mainly in the first phase of the occupation, although they continued until the return of the Red Army. In 1959 Ukraine had 840,000 Jews, a decrease of almost 70% from 1941 totals (within Ukraine's current borders).

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  7. May 3, 2024 · The city became a key center of resistance to the Nazis during the opening months of the Great Patriotic War, heroically holding out against numerically superior Axis forces for 73 days until mid-October 1941, and liberated in April 1944 after over two-and-a-half years of grueling occupation.

  8. May 2, 2024 · Thursday, May 2, 2024. Editorial: The Odessa massacre, Ukraine and anti-imperialism. TEN years ago today, 42 Ukrainian trade unionists were burned to death when Odessas House of Trade Unions was set alight by fascists. They had taken refuge from a crowd of Ukrainian nationalists, opposing their protest against that February’s Maidan coup.

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