September 6: The requirement to wear the Star of David with the word "Jew" inscribed, is extended to all Jews over the age of 6 in German-occupied areas.

September 8: The Siege of Leningrad begins: German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union's second-largest city, Leningrad. Stalin orders the Volga Germans deported to Siberia.

September 11: Charles Lindbergh, at an America First Committee rally in Des Moines, Iowa, accuses "the British, the Jewish, and the Roosevelt administration" of leading the United States toward war. Widespread condemnation of Lindbergh follows.

September 12: The first snowfall is reported on the Russian front.

September 14: The State of Vermont "declares war" on Germany, by defining the United States to be in "armed conflict" in order to extend a wartime bonus to Vermonters in the service.

September 15: The Estonian Self-Administration, headed by Hjalmar Mäe, is appointed by the German military administration.

September 16: Shah Reza Pahlavi of Iran is forced to resign in favor of his son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, under pressure from the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union.

September 22 The town of Reshetylivka in the Soviet Union is occupied by German forces.

September 27: The first liberty ship, the SS Patrick Henry, is launched at Baltimore.

September 29: The Moscow Conference begins; U.S. representative Averell Harriman and British representative Lord Beaverbrook meet with Soviet foreign minister Molotov to arrange urgent assistance for Russia.

September 29-September 30: Babi Yar massacre - German troops, assisted by Ukrainian police and local collaborators, kill 33,771 Jews of Kiev, Ukraine. (source: Wikipedia)