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The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was signed, promising mutual non-aggression between Germany and the Soviet Union and agreeing to a division of much of Eastern Europe between those two countries. 1 September: Invasion of Poland: Germany invaded Poland. 22 December Genthin rail disaster: 1940 9 April Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark ...
50th anniversary of the Kristallnacht (November 9, 1938): Deutsche Bundespost stamp, 1988 9 November 1938: Marked the culmination of what is today known as " Kristallnacht " (the Night of Broken Glass) [ 1 ] or Reichspogromnacht, from 9 to 10 November, synagogues and Jewish property were burned and destroyed on a large scale, and more than four ...
Front page of The New York Times on 11 November 1918. The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was signed near the French town of Compiègne, between the Allied Powers and Germany—represented by Supreme Allied Commander Ferdinand Foch and civilian politician Matthias Erzberger respectively—with capitulations having already been made separately by Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary.
It stood here for over 80 years, sometimes also referred to as the “porn cube” because of the naked Rhinemaidens. [4] In relation to the 50th anniversary of Wagner's death, a new memorial project was started in 1932 under Mayor Carl Goerdeler (1884-1945). The sculptor Emil Hipp (1893–1965) won an ideas competition.
On 13 August 2011, Germany marked the 50th anniversary of East Germany beginning the erection of the Berlin Wall. Chancellor Angela Merkel joined with President Christian Wulff and Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit at the Bernauer Straße memorial park to remember lives and liberty. Speeches extolled freedom and a minute of silence at noon honored ...
350th anniversary of the Peace of Westphalia. 10 DM, silver, 1998. 900th birthday of Hildegard von Bingen. 10 DM, silver, 1998. 50th anniversary of the Deutsche Mark. 10 DM, silver, 1998. 50th anniversary of the Deutsche Mark. 1 DM, gold, 1999. 300th anniversary of the Stift in Halle. 10 DM, silver, 1998.
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 (ECOA), signed by President Gerald Ford 50 years ago on Oct. 28, 1974, changed that. It prevented creditors from discriminating against an applicant ...
The first groups of early farmers different from the indigenous hunter-gatherers to migrate into Europe came from a population in western Anatolia at the beginning of the Neolithic period between 10,000 and 8,000 years ago. [13] Central Germany was one of the primary areas of the Linear Pottery culture (c. 5500 BC – c. 4500 BC), which was ...