This Date in History: November 9

 

On November 9, 1940, the U-103 departed Lorient for her second war patrol, which would prove even more successful than her first had been.  The U-103 sank seven ships on this patrol; five were in convoy; the U-103 returned to Lorient on December 12, 1940 after more than four weeks on patrol.  (Dönitz’s Crews: Germany’s U-Boat Sailors in World War II)

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Viktor Brack, SS-Standartenführer, born November 9, 1904 in Haaren, head of the Reich Chancellery’s “Euthanasia” Department, winner of Nazi Golden Party Badge and War Service Cross 1st Class, convicted of crimes against humanity, executed by hanging on June 2, 1948 at Landsberg am Lech, Germany, said of the Mauthausen concentration camp: “I was never at Mauthausen.  I don’t know exactly where it was.”  (2,000 Quotes From Hitler’s 1,000-Year Reich)