What Happened in Jul 1942

Agatha Christie publishes The Moving Finger

The Moving Finger is detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in July 1942 and in UK by the... Read more

SS Assumes Control of Westerbork Refugee Camp, Converting it to a Concentration Camp

Westerbork concentration camp (Dutch: Kamp Westerbork, German: Durchgangslager Westerbork) was a World War II concentration camp in Hooghalen, ten... Read more

Anne Frank and her Family Move into their Amsterdam Hiding Place to Evade the Nazis

On the morning of Monday, 6 July 1942, the family moved into the hiding place. Their apartment was left in a state of disarray to create the... Read more

Anne Frank and her Family are Joined by the Pels Family at the Achterhuis

On 13 July, the Franks were joined by the van Pels family: Hermann, Auguste, and 16-year-old Peter, and then in November by Fritz Pfeffer, a... Read more

"The Pride Of The Yankees" Is Released

The Pride of the Yankees is a 1942 biographical film directed by Sam Wood about the New York Yankees baseball player, first baseman Lou Gehrig, who... Read more

Battle of Stalingrad Begins

The Battle of Stalingrad was a battle of World War II between Nazi Germany and its allies and the Soviet Union for control of the city of... Read more

Construction of Treblinka Nazi Extermination Camp is Completed

Treblinka II was a Nazi German extermination camp in occupied Poland during World War II. Around 850,000 people - more than 99.5 percent of whom... Read more