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13 October — Germany, in a note to Brussels, guarantees the inviolability and integrity of Belgium so long as the latter abstains from military action against Germany 5 November — In the Reich Chancellery , Adolf Hitler holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring "living space" for the German people (recorded in the Hossbach ...
Uprising of 1953 in East Germany: 100,000 protestors gathered at dawn, demanding the reinstatement of old work quotas and, later, the resignation of the East German government. At noon German police trapped many of the demonstrators in an open square; Soviet tanks fired on the crowd, killing hundreds and ending the protest. 1954: 4 July
A striking change noted in the Hossbach Memorandum is Hitler's new evaluation of Britain: from a prospective ally in 1928 in the Zweites Buch to a "hate-inspired antagonist" in 1937 that was unwilling and unable to accept a strong Germany. The change was a complete reversal of Hitler's view of Britain.
Hans von Tschammer und Osten, Nazi Germany's Reichssportführer, called upon all German athletes to join the Hitler Youth. The former French ambassador to Italy, Charles de Chambrun , was shot in the thigh by a woman who blamed him for breaking up her friendship with Mussolini.
Nazi Germany Deutsche Panzer (German Panzer) Walter Ruttmann: 1940 Nazi Germany Deutsche Waffenschmieden (German Weapons-Forge) Walter Ruttmann: 1940 Nazi Germany Feldzug in Polen (Campaign in Poland) 1941 Canada Churchill's Island: Stuart Legg: 1941 Canada Inside Fighting China: Stuart Legg: 1941 USA Kukan: Rey Scott: 1941 Kingdom of Italy
The assassination of the German diplomat Ernst vom Rath by a German-born Polish Jew triggers the Kristallnacht ("Night of Broken Glass") which occurred between 9 and 10 November 1938, carried out by the Hitler Youth, the Gestapo, and the SS, during which much of the Jewish population living in Nazi Germany and Austria was attacked – 91 Jews ...
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The government of Nazi Germany recommended German artists depict at least four children in illustrations of German families. [ 40 ] U.S. Representative William B. Bankhead of Alabama, a Democrat , won re-election as the Speaker of the United States House of representatives, receiving 324 of 421 votes cast (76.78%).