24 Jan 1939
- Spanish Nationalist forces were within three miles of Barcelona, Spain. At this point the Spanish Republican government, led by Dr. Juan NegrÃn, fled to Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The Republican troops in Barcelona continued to maintain a token resistance. ww2dbase [The Spanish Civil War | AC]
- Germany established the National Central Office for Jewish Emigration with branch offices in Vienna and Prague. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | CPC]
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