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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 ...
The Hindenburg disaster was an airship accident that occurred on May 6, 1937, in Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.The LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129) was a German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the Hindenburg class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume. [1]
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
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 January 2025. This article is about the year 1937. For the 2005 EP by Soul-Junk, see 1937 (EP). 1937 January February March April May June July August September October November December Calendar year Millennium: 2nd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1910s 1920s ...
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%).
German refugees in Bedburg, near Kleve, 19 February 1945. Estimates of the total German war dead range from 5.5 to 6.9 million persons. [152] A study by German historian Rüdiger Overmans puts the number of German military dead and missing at 5.3 million, including 900,000 men conscripted from outside of Germany's 1937 borders. [153]
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.
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