1 Mar 1942
Germany
Germany
- While at Faßberg, Germany, III./KG 4 wa transferred to the German Luftwaffe XI. Fliegerkorps in preparation for a new assignment. ww2dbase [Faßberg, Ost-Hannover | CPC]
7 Mar 1942
Germany
Germany
- A number of Go 242 glider transports arrived at Faßberg, Germany and joined German Luftwaffe III./KG 4. ww2dbase [Faßberg, Ost-Hannover | CPC]
28 Feb 1943
Germany
Germany
- Coronel arrived at Cuxhaven, Germany. ww2dbase [Togo / Coronel | Cuxhaven, Ost-Hannover | CPC]
30 Apr 1943
Germany
Germany
- The construction for the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp in northwestern Germany began. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp | Bergen, Ost-Hannover | CPC]
29 Jun 1944
Germany

Germany
- Out of about 1,100 prisoners at Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp in Germany with valid entry certificates for Palestine, 221 Jews were allowed to go; they would arrive in Haifa at 1700 hours on 10 Jul. ww2dbase [Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp | Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Bergen, Ost-Hannover | CPC]

15 Apr 1945
Germany
Germany
- British troops liberated Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp in Germany, which had about 40,000 prisoners at the time. ww2dbase [Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp | Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Bergen, Ost-Hannover | CPC]
18 Apr 1945
Germany

Germany
- The column of prisoners of war that SS-Feldgendarmerie personnel forced out of Marlag und Milag Nord prisoners of war camp in Westertimke, Germany on 2 Apr 1945 crossed the River Elbe near Hamburg, Germany. ww2dbase [Marlag und Milag Nord | Ost-Hannover | HM]

5 May 1945
Germany
Germany
- U-822 was scuttled in Wesermünde, Germany. ww2dbase [U-822 | Wesermünde, Ost-Hannover | CPC]
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