1996 Death Arthur Axmann, head of Hitler Youths in (1940-45), dies at 83 1994 Death Hermann Abs, German banker to Hitler and Adenauer, dies at 92 1994 Death Martin Kosleck, German/US actor (Hitler Gang), dies at 86 1993 Death John Holland, actor (They Saved Hitler's Brain), dies at 65 1985 Event "Rembrandt and Hitler or Me" premieres in Amsterdam 1983 Event Stern mag announces major historical find-discovery of 60 volume personal diaries written by Adolph Hitler (turned out to be a hoax) 1973 Death Tim Holt, actor (Stagecoach, Hitler's Children), dies of cancer at 55 1969 Death Harry Emerson Fosdick, Baptist clergyman, studied at Colgate University, opposed racism, injustice, supported appeasement of Hitler, claimed democracies caused the rise of fascism, wrote "A Guide to Understanding the Bible', died in Bronxville, New York 1965 Death Bobby Watson, comedian (Hitler Gang, Boys Town), dies at 77 1945 Event General Eisenhower welcomed in Hague (on Hitler's train) 1945 Death Martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies 1945 Death Adolph Hitler, German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56 1945 Death Eva Braun, mistress/wife of Hitler, commits suicide at 33 1945 Death Adolf Hitler, genocidal leader of Germany commits suicide 1945 Event Adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree: destruction of German facilities 1944 Death Berthold Schenk von Stauffenberg, attempt Hitler assassination, dies 1944 Event Hitler routes 4 division of South France to Normandy 1944 Event Von Kluge warns Hitler of impending collapse of front in Normandy 1944 Event July 20th Plot-Failed assassination attempt on Hitler 1944 Death Rudolf Schmundt, gen/Hitler's Army adjunct, dies from wounds 1944 Event Hitler secretly meets with von Rundstedt in Marjival Soissons 1944 Event Claus von Stauffenberg meets Hitler 1944 Event Hitler begins attack on English/U.S. "terror pilots" 1944 Event General Rommel, Speidel and von Stulpnagel attempt to assassinate Hitler 1944 Event Hitler and Mussolini meet at Salzburg 1943 Event Hitler orders deportation of Danish Jews (unsuccessful) 1943 Event German paratroopers, on orders of Adolf Hitler, seize former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini who was being held prisoner by the government 1943 Event Bulgarian czar Boris III visits Adolf Hitler 1943 Event Hitler watches lynching of allied pilots 1943 Event Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met for an Axis conference in Salzburg 1943 Event Assassination attempt on Hitler fails 1943 Event Failed assassin attempt on Hitler during Smolensk-Rastenburg flight 1943 Event Hitler visits Field Marshal von Mansteins hq in Zaporozje 1943 Event Sign on Munich facade: "Out with Hitler! Long live freedom!" done by "White Rose" student group, caught on 2/18, beheaded on 2/22 1943 Event Hitler promotes Friedrich von Paul to general-Field Marshal 1943 Event Hitler orders nazi troops at Stalingrad to fight to death 1943 Event Hitler declares "Total War" 1942 Event Hitler orders combat against partisans in Russia and Balkan 1942 Event Hitler names Mussert "leader of Netherland people" 1942 Event Colonel General Von Paul asks Hitler to surrender 1942 Event Hitler orders Rommels African corps to fight to last man 1942 Event Hitler names Field Marshal Erich von Manstein becomes commanding 1942 Event Hitler proclaims fall of Stalingrad from Munich beer hall 1942 Event Hitler orders allied commandos to be killed 1942 Event Hitler's Directive #45: order to occupy Stalingrad 1942 Event Hitler visits Field Marshal Von Bocks headquarter/d into/d Ukraine 1942 Event Hitler orders enslavement of Slavic peoples 1942 Event Hitler orders 10,000 Czechoslovakians murdered 1942 Event Dutch SS vows loyalty to Hitler 1942 Event Hitler's Operation Seelowe (invasion of England) cancelled 1941 Event Hitler takes complete command of German Army 1941 Event Hitler orders U.S. ships torpedoed 1941 Event Hitler views Poltava Ukraine 1941 Event Hitler threatens bishop Clemens earl von Galen of Munster 1941 Event Adolf Hitler says Russia is "broken" and would "never rise again" 1941 Event Hitler orders for every dead German, 100 Yugoslavian be killed 1941 Event Adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland 1941 Event Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy 1941 Event Operation Merkur: Hitler orders conquest of Kreta 1941 Event Vichy-France's head of government Admiral Dalan consults with Hitler 1941 Event Hitler signs Directive 27 (assault on Yugoslavia) 1941 Event Serbian Prince Paul visits Hitler 1940 Event Belgian King Leopold III visits Adolf Hitler 1940 Event Meeting between Hitler and Mussolini in Florence 1940 Event Hitler meets Marshal Petain 1940 Event Hitler begins operation-Seelowe (invasion of England) 1940 Event Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini confer at Brenner Pass in Alps 1940 Event Dutch nazi collaborator Mussert's 1st meeting with Hitler 1940 Event Hitler begins invasion of England (operation Seelowe) 1940 Event Hitler begins operation-Seelowe (invasion England) 1940 Event Mussert sends telegram, that Hitler has captured the Dutch 1940 Event Nazi collaborator Mussert puts the fate of Netherlands in Hitler's hands 1940 Event Hitler orders invasion in England on Sept 21 (Operation-Seelowe) 1940 Event Hitler orders total blockade of Great Britain 1940 Event Dutch prime minister De Geer meets Hitler seeking peace talks 1940 Event Hitler orders Great Britain to surrenders 1940 Event Hitler orders invasion of England 1940 Event Adolf Hitler views Eiffel tower and grave of Napoleon in France 1940 Event France surrenders to Hitler, German troops occupy Paris 1940 Event Hitler affirms General von Rundstedts "Stopbevel" 1940 Event Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France and Britain 1939 Event Hitler named Adolf Eichmann leader of "Referat IV B" 1939 Event Failed assassination attempt on Hitler in Burgerbraukeller, Munich 1939 Event U.S.S.R. and Germany agree on partitioning Poland, Hitler deports Jews 1939 Event Adolf Hitler denies he intends to go to war against France and Britain 1939 Event Hitler announces plans to regulate Jewish problem 1939 Event Hitler orders extermination of mentally ill 1939 Event Molotov-Ribbentrop pact: East Europe divided between Hitler and Stalin 1939 Event Ernst Heinkel demonstrates 800-kph rocket plane to Hitler 1939 Event Hitler proclaims he wants to move into Poland 1939 Event Hitler and Mussolini sign "Pact of Steel" 1939 Event Hitler claims German-Polish non-attack treaty still in effect 1939 Event Membership in Hitler Youth becomes obligatory 1939 Event Hitler occupies Bohemia and Moravia (Czechoslovakia); Slovakia independ 1939 Event Hitler calls for extermination of European Jews 1939 Event Hitler proclaims to German parliament to exterminate all European Jews 1938 Event Treaty of Munich signed by Hitler, Mussolini, Daladier and Chamberlain 1938 Event Hitler issues ultimatum to Czechoslovakian government, demanding Sudenten Land 1938 Event Winston Churchill condemns Hitler's annexation of Czechoslovakia 1938 Event British Prime Minister Chamberlain visits Hitler at Berchtesgarden 1938 Event Adolph Hitler demands self-determination for Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia 1938 Event Dutch writer Maurits Dekker sentenced to 50 days for "offending a friendly head of state" (Hitler) 1938 Event Austrian chancellor Schuschnigg visits Hitler in Berchtesgaden 1938 Event Hitler seizes control of German army and puts Nazi in key posts 1937 Event Hitler informs his military leader of his intentions of going to war 1936 Event Adolph Hitler opens 11th Olympic Games in Berlin 1936 Event Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles, sends troops to Rhineland 1936 Event Hitler introduces Ferdinand Porsche's "Volkswagen" 1936 Event Hitler announce building of Volkswagens (starting slug-bug game) 1935 Event Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty 1934 Event Adolph Hitler expands German army and Navy and creates an air force, violating Treaty of Versailles 1934 Event Hitler elected Fuhrer (95.7% of German voters) 1934 Event Adolph Hitler becomes commander-in-chief of Germany 1934 Event "Night of Long Knives," Hitler stages bloody purge of Nazi party 1934 Event Hitler flies to Essen, Night of Long Knifes 1934 Event Hitler and Mussolini meet in Vienna 1934 Event Hitler names J von Ribbentrop, ambassador for disarmament 1934 Event Hitler proclamation on German unified states 1933 Event Rudolf Hess and Earnest Rohm become a minister in Hitler government 1933 Event Vatican state secretary Pacelli (Pius XII) signs accord with Hitler 1933 Event In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions 1933 Event German Republic gives power to Hitler 1933 Event German Reichstag confers dictatorial powers on Hitler 1933 Event Enabling Act: German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers 1933 Event Hitler, Goring, Prince Ruprecht, Bruning and top army meet in Berlin 1933 Event Hitler names Hjalmar Shaft, president of Bank of Germany 1933 Event Hitler disallows German Communist Party (KPD) 1933 Event Hitler proclaims end of Marxism 1933 Event 2 days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler dissolves Parliament 1933 Event Hitler promises parliamentary democracy 1933 Event Adolph Hitler named German Chancellor, forms government with Von Papen 1933 Event German president von Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor 1932 Event Shaft and Thyssen demand Hitler become German chancellor 1932 Event Hitler refuses Von Hindenburg's proposal to become vice-chancellor 1932 Event German police raid Hitler's nazi-headquarter 1932 Event Immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship 1928 Event Prussia forbids speech from Adolf Hitler 1927 Event Bavaria lifts ban on Hitler's speeches 1926 Event 2nd part of Hitler's Mein Kampf published 1925 Event Hitler publishes Mein Kampf 1925 Event Hitler's resurrects NSDAP political party in Munich 1924 Event Adolf Hitler freed from jail early 1924 Event Hitler sentenced to 5 years labor but General Ludendorff acquitted 1924 Event Trial against Hitler in Munich begins 1923 Event In Germany, Adolf Hitler is arrested for attempt to sieze power 1923 Event Beer Hall Putsch-Nazis fail to overthrow government, 16 die/Hitler flees 1923 Event Hitler stages unsuccessful "Beer Hall Putsch" in Munchen (Munich) 1923 Event Hitler demands "hatred and more hatred" in Berlin 1922 Event Hitler speaks to 50,000 national-socialists in Munich 1918 Birthday Tim Holt, Beverly Hills California, actor, Stagecoach, Hitler's Children 1916 Event Soldier Adolf Hitler is injured 1912 Birthday Eva Braun, mistress, Adolph Hitler 1908 Birthday Carl Esmond, Vienna Austria, actor, Address Unknown, Hitler 1908 Birthday Angela Maria "Geli" Raubal, Austrian nude model/Hitler's lover 1905 Birthday Berthold Schenck von Stauffenberg, attempted to assassinate Hitler 1901 Birthday Hermann Abs, director, Deutsche Bank, Hitler's advisor 1901 Birthday Stefan Lorant, born in Budapest, Hungary, writer, Hungarian-American filmmaker, photojournalist, made fourteen films in Vienna and Berlin, opposed to Adolph Hitler, imprisoned, wrote memoir 'I was Hitler's Prisoner' 1894 Birthday Rudolf Hess, Hitler's Deputy Fuhrer, only prisoner at Spandau 1892 Birthday Martin Niemoller, clergyman, German Protestant, ; imprisoned by Hitler 1889 Birthday Adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany, 1936-45 1889 Birthday Adolf Hitler, born in Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary, genocidal leader of Germany 1878 Birthday Harry Emerson Fosdick, born in Buffalo, New York, Baptist clergyman, studied at Colgate University, opposed racism, injustice, supported appeasement of Hitler, claimed democracies caused the rise of fascism, wrote "A Guide to Understanding the Bible'
