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Historical Events. Feb 3 US Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage & Hour law, sets minimum wages & maximum hours. Feb 4 British tanks occupy Maus, Libya. Feb 4 Former Dutch premier De Geer flies to Berlin. Feb 4 United Service Organization (USO) founded. Feb 5 Dutch Premier De Geer returns from Lisbon to Netherlands.
20 February: German and British troops confront each other for the first time in North Africa—at El Agheila in western Libya. 21 February: German forces move through Bulgaria toward the Greek front.
Apr 7, 2018 · Ben Johnson. 4 min read. Important events of 1941, including the start of the final phase of the German attack on Russia (pictured to the left).
The February strike (Dutch: Februaristaking) of 1941 was a general strike in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II. It was organized by the outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands in defence of persecuted Dutch Jews and against the anti- Jewish measures and the activities of Nazism in general.
The February Strike. 25 and 26 February, 1941 Amsterdam. On 25 February 1941, the local section of the CPN (Communist Party of the Netherlands) called a two-day strike in protest against the raid on Jewish men a few days earlier. The action started with the shutdown of the tram transport in Amsterdam, which was how many people noticed that ...
Alfred Kohn died in Auschwitz. The Amsterdam population was shocked by this brutal German action. A few days later, a major strike was organised in protest. Razzia on Jonas Daniël Meijerplein square. Amsterdam, 22 or 23 February 1941. Photo collection: NIOD, Amsterdam (Beeldbank WO2)
Feb 25, 2021 · On Feb. 25, 1941, at least 100,000 Dutchmen stopped working to protest the Nazis’ persecution of Jews, bringing the economy to a halt for days. Although it was soon broken and German...
