27 Feb 1943

- Jews in Berlin, Germany who were previously allowed to remain there due to their positions in the armaments industry were deported to Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Meanwhile, the Rosenstrasse protest began in Berlin by women who had married Jewish men. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | CPC]
- Karl von Le Suire stepped down as the commanding officer of German 46th Infantry Division. ww2dbase [Karl von Le Suire | CPC]
- Francis Gabreski was assigned to 61st Fighter Squadron of USAAF 56th Fighter Group, flying the P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft. ww2dbase [Francis Gabreski | CPC]
- A lifeboat containing survivors of Dutch steam merchant ship Madoera, damaged by German submarine U-653 three days prior, was discovered. The 6 white survivors were picked up and later brought to La Pallice, France, but the 29 non-white sailors were left adrift. ww2dbase [HM]
- USS Finback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Finback | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- Nachi departed Sasebo, Japan. ww2dbase [Nachi | Sasebo, Nagasaki | CPC]
- Allied convoy JW-53 arrived at the Kola Inlet near Murmansk, Russia. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Murmansk | CPC]
- Dilly Knox passed away from lymphoma in Britain. ww2dbase [Dilly Knox | AC]
- USS Wahoo arrived at Midway Atoll, refueled, and then departed for her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Midway Bases | Wahoo | Midway | CPC]


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