Friday, October 27, 1939 - Belgium to defend its neutrality

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In Belgium... King Leopold III, in a broadcast to the USA, declares that Belgium is determined to defend its neutrality.

From the Vatican... Pope Pius XII issues his first encyclical, condemning racism, dictators and treaty violations.

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In Germany... Newspaper commentaries complain about anti-Nazi propaganda in Belgian newspapers and suggest this is a breach of Belgian neutrality.

In Berlin... Hitler again commands his generals to prepare for the western offensive.

On the Western Front... There are reports of German troops massing in the Saar, along the Belgian, Dutch and Swiss frontiers and along the German North Sea coast.

In Washington... The US Senate approves amendments to the Neutrality Act, repealing the arms embargo provision.
 
Piotr Sosnowski, a deacon from Byslaw, Poland, was executed in what is thought to be the Tuchola Forest. On October 27, 1939, a group of Polish prisoners was transported to an execution spot two kilometers outside of town. When the trucks reached the forest, the prisoners were ordered to empty their pockets and dig a large grave. After the grave was completed, Deacon Sosnowski gave the men absolution before the commanding SS officer, Colonel Wilhelm Theodor Richardt, ordered his men to shoot the Poles as reprisal for the burning of two barns owned by ethnic Germans. Altogether, 45 Poles, including Sosnowski, were killed.
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