Sunday, October 8, 1939 - Ethnic Germans to leave Latvia

[Bootie]

In Riga...
German and Latvian representatives sign an agreement for the patriation, to the Third Reich, of German-speaking citizens of Latvia. An estimated 50,000 ethnic Germans are involved.

In Helsinki...
The Finnish government accepts a Soviet invitation to send a delegation to Moscow to discuss border disputes. Finland also declares its determination to maintain its independence and its neutrality in the war.

In Berlin...
Hitler formally incorporates formerly Polish territory into Germany.

In Ottawa...
The Canadian government announces that a division of 20,000 troops will leave for overseas early next year.

 

[Louis]

October 8, 1939 in Piotrkow Trybunalski:The First Ghetto in Occupied Poland

Jewish family deported to Piotrkow Trybunalski

Piotrkow Trybunalski is a town in central Poland about 26 kilometres south of Lodz, it is one of Poland’s oldest cities. In October 1939 the German army transferred the administration of the city to the civilian authorities under the command of Oberburgmeister Hans Drexel, who on the 8 October 1939 issued a decree establishing a ghetto for Jews -this was the first ghetto in occupied Poland.