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1934: Night of the Long Knives in Hitler’s Germany

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1934: Night of the Long Knives in Hitler’s Germany

On this day one of the most famous episodes in the history of Nazism took place. Namely, Hitler purged t ...

On this day one of the most famous episodes in the history of Nazism took place. Namely, Hitler purged the Nazi Party of his competitors. The so-called "brownshirts" i.e. members of Storm Detachment ...

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1900: Hitler’s Gestapo Chief was an Opponent of Nazism

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1900: Hitler’s Gestapo Chief was an Opponent of Nazism

Hitler’s chief of the Gestapo, Heinrich Müller, was born on this day. Since the surname Müller (meaning “ ...

Hitler’s chief of the Gestapo, Heinrich Müller, was born on this day. Since the surname Müller (meaning “miller”) is very common in Germany, he was called the “Gestapo Müller” to distinguish him from ...

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1891: The Man who Briefly Ruled the Third Reich after Hitler

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1891: The Man who Briefly Ruled the Third Reich after Hitler

German admiral Karl Dönitz was born on this day in 1891. He is notable for being the man who Adolf Hitler ...

German admiral Karl Dönitz was born on this day in 1891. He is notable for being the man who Adolf Hitler appointed as his successor in his will. Namely, just before he committed suicide in his Berlin ...

September 16, 2019
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1891: Hitler’s Architect “Employed” over One Million Workers

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1891: Hitler’s Architect “Employed” over One Million Workers

This day in 1891 marked the birth of Fritz Todt, one of the most influential people of Hitler's Third Rei ...

This day in 1891 marked the birth of Fritz Todt, one of the most influential people of Hitler's Third Reich. Todt was the head of the huge “Organization Todt” (OT), which employed over one million wor ...

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1939: Hitler and Stalin Plan to Dismember Poland

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1939: Hitler and Stalin Plan to Dismember Poland

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was named after Stalin’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Molotov (also known as F ...

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was named after Stalin’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Molotov (also known as First Deputy Premier), and Hitler’s Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop. Vyacheslav Molotov was born ...

August 23, 2019
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1941: Nazis Execute Maximilian Kolbe via Lethal Injection

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1941: Nazis Execute Maximilian Kolbe via Lethal Injection

On this day in 1941 Catholic priest and Franciscan Conventual Friar St Maximilian Maria Kolbe died in the ...

On this day in 1941 Catholic priest and Franciscan Conventual Friar St Maximilian Maria Kolbe died in the Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz. Kolbe became one of most prominent saints of the 20th ce ...

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1958: Nazi Baron Konstantin von Neurath – Hitler’s Distinguished Foreign Minister

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1958: Nazi Baron Konstantin von Neurath – Hitler’s Distinguished Foreign Minister

Nazi politician Baron Konstantin von Neurath died on this day. He is best-known for being the Third Reich ...

Nazi politician Baron Konstantin von Neurath died on this day. He is best-known for being the Third Reich’s foreign minister from 1932 until 1938. As the head of the German diplomacy, von Neurath gave ...

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