December 13th, 1945 (THURSDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: London: Government accepts a £1,100 million loan from the US.
GERMANY: Irma Ilse Ida Grese, 21 year old concentration camp guard, after initial training at Ravensbrück, served at Auschwitz and later at Belsen where she was arrested by the British. Condemned to death at the Belsen Trial, held at 30 Lindenstrasse, Luneberg, she is hanged at Hameln Goal today, by the British executioner, Albert Perrepoint. As she stood composed on the gallows, she spoke one last word as the white hood was pulled down over her head, "Schnell (Quick)" she whispered. Once when home on a short leave from Auschwitz, she was beaten and turned out of the house by her father for proudly wearing her SS uniform. A cruel sadist, she was said to have had love affairs with Dr.Josef Mengele and the Belsen camp commandant, Josef Kramer.
SYRIA: Under a Anglo-French agreement with the Syrian government, the British and French governments agree to evacuate their military forces from Syria, and grant Syria and Lebanon independence. The evacuation is completed by 15 April 1946.
CANADA: Oiler HMCS Sunbeam paid off.