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General Carl Aldrecht Oberg And The Spring Wind Operation

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The year is 1942; it is midsummer in Nazi occupied France. The Nazis have been capturing and deporting Jews with unsettling regularity, but they are not content. The Nazi leaders collaborate with a fascist government in France to form a plan to increase the Jewish capture rate. The two parties working together led to the “Spring Wind” Operation. T he most famous incident in this operation, the Veldrome d’hiver roundup. The French SS division, led by General Carl Aldrecht Oberg, was known for being particularly ruthless and unsettlingly efficient. Despite having one of the highest capture rates, approximately 3000 Jews a week, in all of Europe, Oberg’s superior, and the executive officer in charge organizing the capture and deportation of
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