World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Wednesday, September 17, 1941
Day 748

September 17, 1941: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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Note the report in column 4: "First Bismarck Awards"
(The first honours for those involved in the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck are announced.)


September 17, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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September 17, 1941: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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September 17, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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Note the report in columns 3-4: "Nazis Seize Dutch Royal Family's Property"


September 17, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 5: "Norway Now Vast Prison"


September 17, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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September 17, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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September 17, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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September 17, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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September 17, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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September 17, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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September 17, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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September 17, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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September 17, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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September 17, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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September 17, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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September 17, 1941: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. Vom Weißen bis zum Schwarzen Meer.
(From the White to the Black Sea.)


September 17, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Ueber den Dnjepr siggreich ostwärts.
(Across the Dnieper, heading east.)
2. 18 Sowjetdivisionen vernichtend geschlagen - 53.000 Gefangene.
(18 Soviet divisions crushed - 53,000 prisoners.)
This appeared on page 4 of the Völkischer Beobachter.
Assimilierung ausgeschlossen!

So sieht der gelbe Judenstern aus, der morgen zur Ausgabe gelangt und den ab Freitag alle Juden über sechs Jahre in der Öffentlichkeit tragen müssen.
 
(Assimilation excluded!

This is what the yellow Jewish star looks like, which will be issued tomorrow and which all Jews over the age of six must wear in public from Friday.)
[For details in English see "German Jews Face Ruling" in the Nevada State Journal of Sept. 7, 1941.]



   
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