11 Mar 1946
- Rudolf Höss, who had been living for the past year as a farmer under the pseudonym Franz Lang, was arrested by British troops. ww2dbase [Rudolf Höss | CPC]
- Allied repatriation ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Rabaul, New Britain and embarked Japanese personnel. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]
- Soviet chief prosecutor Roman Rudenko sent a letter to US chief prosecutor Robert Jackson, asking the US prosecution team in Nürnberg, Germany not to bring up the topics of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, borders with Poland, and other sensitive issues. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]
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