|
|
|
European Jewish
Population Before Hitler Estimated 9,508,340 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hitler Rises to
Power January 30, 1933 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reichstag Fire,
February 27, 1933 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dictatorial Powers
Bestowed Through Enabling Act, March 23, 1933 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Von Schleicher killed
|
|
Night of the Long
Knives
June 30 - July 2, 1934 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Germany Invades
Prague, Czech March, 1939 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Germany Invades
Poland September 1, 1939 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Germany Invades
Finland, November 30, 1939 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Germany Invades
Norway, April 8, 1940 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Germany Invades
Denmark, April 8, 1940 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Germany Invades
France, May 10, 1940 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Germany Invades
Holland, May 10, 1940 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Germany Invades
Belgium, May 10, 1940 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Germany Invades
Luxembourg, May 10, 1940 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Japan Joins Axis
Powers, September 27, 1940 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nazis Begin "Final
Solution" Program
January 1941 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Germany Invades
Yugoslavia, April 6, 1941 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Germany Invades
Greece, April 6, 1941 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Germany Invades
Russia, June 22, 1941 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warsaw Ghetto
Uprising, April 19 - May 16, 1943 |
|
|
-
Jürgen Stroop, (born Josef Stroop, September 26, 1895 – March 6, 1952) was a general of the SS and police who led the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942–1943. After the war, Stroop was convicted of war crimes and hanged.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jurgen Stroop Writes
Report on Warsaw Ghetto Uprising |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assassination
Attempt on Hitler, July 20, 1944 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Britain's John
Wheeler-Bennett Celebrates Failure of Assassination Attempt Against
Hitler, July 20, 1944 |
|
|
-
Wheeler-Bennett sent the following incredible
memorandum to Eden and Churchill:
-
"1. Within the narrow limits of our accurate information it is
possible to make a certain appreciation of the position
resulting from the recent events in Germany, and to deduce certain future developments from it.
-
"2. It may now be said with some definiteness that <we are
better off with things as they are today than if the plot of July 20th had succeeded and Hitler had been
assassinated. In the event the 'Old Army' Generals would have taken over and, as
may be deduced from the recent statement from the Vatican as to the Pope's readiness to mediate, would have put
into operation
through Baron von Weizsaecker a peace move, already prepared, in which
Germany would admit herself defeated and would sue for terms other than those of
Unconditional Surrender.
|
|
-
"3. By the failure of the plot we have been spared the
embarrassments, both at home and in the United States, which might have resulted from such a move and, moreover,
the present purge is presumably removing from the scene numerous individuals
which might have caused us difficulty, not only had the plot succeeded, but also after the defeat of a Nazi
Germany.
-
"4. If it is true that a number of the more distinguished
generals, together with such civilians as Schacht, Neurath and
Schulenberg, have been eliminated, <the Gestapo and the S.S. have done us an appreciable service in removing a selection of
those who would undoubtedly have posed as 'good' Germans after
the war, while preparing for a third World War. It is to our advantage therefore that the purge should continue, since the
killing of Germans by Germans will save us from future embarrassments of many kinds>." (pp. 296-297) (emphasis added)
-
Wiki
|
|
