Night and Fog Decree

directive by Adolf Hitler on 7 December 1941
Legislation f_hrer_directive Q579924
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The Night and Fog Decree was established on December 7, 1941.

Night and Fog Decree

Summary

Night and Fog Decree is a Führer directive[1]. It draws 279 Wikipedia views per month (f_hrer_directive category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Night and Fog Decree authored Adolf Hitler[3].
  • Night and Fog Decree's instance of is recorded as Führer directive[4].
  • Night and Fog Decree's instance of is recorded as decree[5].
  • Night and Fog Decree's instance of is recorded as law[6].
  • Night and Fog Decree's Commons category is recorded as Night and Fog program[7].
  • +1941-12-07T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Night and Fog Decree[8].
  • Night and Fog Decree's end time is recorded as +1945-09-20T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Night and Fog Decree's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/016174[10].
  • Night and Fog Decree's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Night and Fog program[11].
  • Night and Fog Decree's main subject is recorded as extrajudicial punishment[12].
  • Night and Fog Decree's main subject is recorded as state-sponsored terrorism[13].
  • Night and Fog Decree's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as German-occupied Europe[14].
  • Night and Fog Decree's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Night-and-Fog-Decree[15].
  • Night and Fog Decree's end cause is recorded as Allied Control Council Law No. 1[16].
  • Night and Fog Decree's has effect is recorded as Night and Fog Program[17].
  • Night and Fog Decree's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Nacht und Nebel'}[18].
  • Night and Fog Decree's set in period is recorded as World War II[19].
  • Night and Fog Decree's significant person is recorded as Heinrich Himmler[20].
  • Night and Fog Decree's significant person is recorded as Wilhelm Keitel[21].
  • Night and Fog Decree's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[22].
  • Night and Fog Decree's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikiproject Nuremberg Trials[23].

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Works and Contributions

Night and Fog Decree authored Adolf Hitler[3]. Things named for it include Night and Fog[24], a short film[25], directed by Alain Resnais[26] and Nacht und Nebel[27], a musical group[28], founded in 1982[29].

Why It Matters

Night and Fog Decree draws 279 Wikipedia views per month (f_hrer_directive category, ranking #2 of 4).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for it include Night and Fog[24], a short film[25], directed by Alain Resnais[26] and Nacht und Nebel[27], a musical group[28], founded in 1982[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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