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On Fri. 01 Sep 1939 Reinhard Heydrich presided a meeting attended by t.....

1939-09-01

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Reinhard Heydrich presided a meeting attended by the heads of Security Police and Commanders of Special Units, during which the deportation of the "remaining 30,000 Gypsies" from Germany to the soon-to-be-conquered territory of Poland was ordered.

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