This Date in History: October 27

 

In Stalingrad, on October 27, 1942, the 14th Panzer Division attacked east through the Khost Ravine, reaching the ferry crossing site on the Volga River against the 308th Rifle Division and the 193rd Rifle Division.  The division suffered one officer and 21 NCOs/enlisted killed in action; three officers and 103 NCOs/enlisted were wounded in action; seven men were reported missing in action.  To the north was the 305th Infantry Division; to the south was the 79th Infantry Division.  The 245th Sturmgeschütz Detachment was assigned to the division.  (Stalingrad: The Death of the German Sixth Army on the Volga, 1942-1943)

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Dr. Willi Jobst, SS-Hauptsturmführer, born on October 27, 1912 in Egar, SS doctor at Gross Rosen and Mauthausen concentration camps, convicted of crimes against humanity, executed by hanging May 28, 1947 at Landsberg am Lech, Germany.  His last words were: “Pastor, give my regards to my family.  What happens here is murder, murder by order.”  (2,000 Quotes From Hitler’s 1,000-Year Reich)