On September 27, 1941 Heydrich was appointed acting Reichsprotektor ('Imperial Protector', the nazi representative) in the Czech puppet-state called the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, de facto replacing Konstantin von Neurath whom Hitler considered insufficiently harsh (but who remained titulary protector till 20 Aug 1943). While virtual military governor of Bohemia and Moravia, exercising real executive power above the Czech President and Prime Minister, Heydrich often drove alone in a car with an open roof — a show of confid ...

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Reinhard Heydrich, Reinhard Heydrich - Early Life, Reinhard Heydrich - Nazi Party and the SS, Reinhard Heydrich - Occupation role and Assassination, Reinhard Heydrich - Jewish Ancestry, Reinhard Heydrich - Summary of SS Career, Reinhard Heydrich - Dates of Rank, Reinhard Heydrich - Service History, Reinhard Heydrich - Notable decorations, Reinhard Heydrich - Additional service, Reinhard Heydrich - Fiction, Reinhard Heydrich - Reference

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1904 (MCMIV) is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). 1904 - Events. 1904 - January-March. January 7 - The distress signal CQD is established only to be replaced two years later by SOS. February 7 - The Great Baltimore Fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours. February 8 - Japanese surprise attack on Port Arthur (Lushun) starts Russo-Japanese War February 10 – Roger Casement publi ...

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• 1904 - August-December
• 1904 - Unknown dates
• 1904 - Deaths
• 1904 - Nobel Prizes

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1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). 1941 - Events. 1941 - January-February. January 6 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. January 10 - Lend-Lease is introduced into the U.S. Congress. January 19 - British troops attack Italian-held Eritrea. January 21 - World War II: Australian and British forces attack Tobruk, Libya. J ...

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• 1941 - Unknown dates
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• 1941 - June
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• 1941 - Deaths
• 1941 - January
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• 1941 - April-May
• 1941 - June
• 1941 - July
• 1941 - August
• 1941 - September-October
• 1941 - November-December
• 1941 - Fiction
• 1941 - Nobel Prizes

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This article is about the year. For the 1984 Capcom arcade game, see 1942 (video game). 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). 1942 - Events. 1942 - January. January 1 - World War II: The term "United Nations" is first officially used to describe the Allied pact. January 2 - World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces. The Japanese Admiral stays in Solvec (owned by Charles Henry de Silva ...

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• 1942 - Undated
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• 1942 - Births
• 1942 - Unknown date
• 1942 - January
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• 1942 - March
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• 1942 - May
• 1942 - June
• 1942 - July
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• 1942 - September
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• 1942 - December
• 1942 - Unknown date
• 1942 - Deaths
• 1942 - January
• 1942 - February
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The Schutzstaffel ▶ (help·info) ("defense squadron"), or SS, was a large paramilitary organization that was a principal component of the Nazi party. The SS was led by Heinrich Himmler from 1929 until it was disbanded in 1945 with the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The Nazis regarded the SS as an elite unit, the Party's "praetorian guard", with all SS personnel selected on racial and ideological grounds. The SS was distinguished from the ...

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• Schutzstaffel - Fall of the SS
• Schutzstaffel - Postwar activity
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• Schutzstaffel - The SS before World War II
• Schutzstaffel - 1925–1928
• Schutzstaffel - 1929–1931
• Schutzstaffel - 1931–1933
• Schutzstaffel - 1933–1934
• Schutzstaffel - 1934–1936
• Schutzstaffel - 1936–1939
• Schutzstaffel - Austrian SS
• Schutzstaffel - The SS during World War II
• Schutzstaffel - SS and Police Leaders
• Schutzstaffel - Headquarters offices
• Schutzstaffel - General SS
• Schutzstaffel - Waffen-SS
• Schutzstaffel - Concentration camp service
• Schutzstaffel - Special action groups
• Schutzstaffel - Order Police
• Schutzstaffel - SS Medical Corps
• Schutzstaffel - SS and police courts
• Schutzstaffel - Helferin Corps
• Schutzstaffel - Future visions

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Prague (Czech: Praha, see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated on the Vltava river in central Bohemia, it is home to approximately 1.2 million people. (It can be derived from jobs statistics, however, that an additional 300,000 work there without having registered as residents.) Prague is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Nicknames for Prague have included "city of a hundred spires", "the golden city", "the Left Bank of the Nineties", the "mothe ...

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• Prague - Colleges and universities
• Prague - Transportation
• Prague - Taxis
• Prague - Sport
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• Prague - Prague - Venue
• Prague - Famous People connected with Prague
• Prague - Historical population

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The Abwehr was a German intelligence organization from 1921 to 1944. The verb abwehren means "to ward off", implying counterespionage; this term was used as a concession to Allied demands that Germany's post-World War I intelligence activities be for "defensive" purposes only. After February 4, 1938, its name in full was Amt Ausland/Abwehr im Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Foreign Bure ...

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• Abwehr - The Abwehr under Canaris
• Abwehr - Before the War
• Abwehr - The Abwehr During World War II
• Abwehr - The Frau Solf Tea Party and the End of the Abwehr
• Abwehr - Chiefs of the Abwehr

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Adolf Hitler ▶ (help·info) (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer (Leader) of Germany from 1934 to his death by suicide. He was leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party. Under Hitler's charismatic leadership Germany emerged from the depths of defeat to rebuild its economy and its decimated military. At the height of their power during World War II, ...

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• Adolf Hitler - World War I
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• Adolf Hitler - The rebuilding of the party
• Adolf Hitler - The road to power
• Adolf Hitler - The Brüning administration
• Adolf Hitler - The cabinets von Papen and Schleicher
• Adolf Hitler - Hitler's appointment as Chancellor
• Adolf Hitler - Reichstag Fire and the March election
• Adolf Hitler - The Enabling Act
• Adolf Hitler - Removal of remaining limits
• Adolf Hitler - The Third Reich
• Adolf Hitler - Economics and culture
• Adolf Hitler - Repression
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• Adolf Hitler - The Holocaust
• Adolf Hitler - World War II
• Adolf Hitler - Opening moves
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• Adolf Hitler - Trivia
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• Adolf Hitler - Media
• Adolf Hitler - Hitler's speeches

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The Holocaust is the name applied to the systematic state-sponsored persecution and genocide of various ethnic, religious and political groups during World War II by Nazi Germany and collaborators. Early elements of the Holocaust include the Kristallnacht pogrom and the T-4 Euthanasia Program, progressing to the later use of killing squads and extermination camps in a massive and centrally organized effort to murder every possi ...

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• The Holocaust - Jews
• The Holocaust - Slavs
• The Holocaust - Roma Sinti and Manush 'Gypsies'
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• The Holocaust - Disabled people
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• The Holocaust - Death toll
• The Holocaust - Searching for records of victims
• The Holocaust - Execution of the Holocaust
• The Holocaust - Concentration and Labor Camps 1933-1945
• The Holocaust - Pogroms 1938-1941
• The Holocaust - Euthanasia 1939-1941
• The Holocaust - Ghettos 1940-1945
• The Holocaust - Death Squads 1941-1943
• The Holocaust - Extermination camps 1942-1945
• The Holocaust - Death Marches and liberation 1944-1945
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• The Holocaust - Revisionists and deniers
• The Holocaust - Aftermath
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• The Holocaust - Legal proceedings against Nazis
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• The Holocaust - Holocaust theology
• The Holocaust - Art and literature
• The Holocaust - Holocaust Memorial Day
• The Holocaust - Notes
• The Holocaust - Resources

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Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation directly aimed at influencing the opinions of people, rather than to impartially provide information. In some cultures the term is neutral or even positive, while in others the term has acquired a strong negative connotation. The most common use of the term (historically) is in political contexts; in particular to refer to certain efforts sponsored by governments, political groups, and other often covert interests. Some propaganda includes significant and deliberate falsehoo ...

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• Propaganda - Nazi Germany
• Propaganda - Cold War propaganda
• Propaganda - Afghanistan
• Propaganda - Iraq
• Propaganda - Techniques of propaganda generation
• Propaganda - Techniques of propaganda transmission

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Conspiracy is a made-for-TV BBC/HBO motion picture which dramatizes the events that occurred during the Wannsee Conference of 1942. The film delves into the psychology of German officials involved in the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question" during WWII. The movie starred an ensemble cast including Kenneth Branagh as Reinhard Heydrich, Stanley Tucci as Adolf Eichmann, and Colin Firth as Wilhelm Stuckart. It was written by Loring Mandel. Conspiracy film - Plot. A secret meeting is held in ord ...

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• Conspiracy film - Plot
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• Conspiracy film - Style
• Conspiracy film - Characterisation

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Crown of Saint Wenceslas is the part of Czech crown jewels (also called Czech treasure) made in 1347. Charles IV had it made for his coronation and forthwith he dedicated it to the first patron saint of the country St. Wenceslas and bequeathed it as a state crown for the coronation of future Czech kings, his successors to the Czech throne. On the orders of Charles IV the new Royal Crown was to be ...

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• Crown of Saint Wenceslas - Legend
• Crown of Saint Wenceslas - External link

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The Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church (Czechoslovak Orthodox Church up to 1993) traces its roots to the Church of the Czech Brethren of the 1920s. It was first headed by Matej Pavlik, consecrated as Bishop Gorazd by the Serbian Orthodox Church, under whose authority the Church operated. (The Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church is now autocephalous, or self-governing.) Almost all of the members of the Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church were 20th-century converts from Roman Catholicism or Eastern Rite Catholicism (Uniates). The ...

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• Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church - Links

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David John Cawdell Irving (born March 24, 1938) is a British Holocaust denier, who for many years had the reputation of a professional historian. From the late 1960s to the mid-1980s, Irving was considered a leading author on World War II with works such as Hitler’s War and Apocalypse 1945: The Destruction of Dresden. In the mid-1980s, Irving began openly associating with neo-Nazi and extremist groups. In the late 1990s, he sued the Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt for having listed him as a Holocaust denier ...

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• David Irving - Early life
• David Irving - The Destruction of Dresden
• David Irving - Historian
• David Irving - Revisionist
• David Irving - Holocaust denial and libel suit
• David Irving - Persona non grata
• David Irving - Current activities
• David Irving - Arrest in Austria
• David Irving - Recent Past
• David Irving - Irving bibliography

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Concentration camp Theresienstadt was a concentration camp set up by the Gestapo in the fortress and garrison city Terezín (German name Theresienstadt), located in what is now the Czech Republic). Concentration camp Theresienstadt - History. Terezin is a small city in the Czech Republic. A fortress was built there between 1780 and 1790. Military and political prisoners were held there beginning early in the 19th century. Gavrilo Princip, the assassin of Archduke Francis Ferdinand in Sa ...

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• Concentration camp Theresienstadt - History
• Concentration camp Theresienstadt - People
• Concentration camp Theresienstadt - Used as propaganda tool
• Concentration camp Theresienstadt - Statistics
• Concentration camp Theresienstadt - Small Fortress
• Concentration camp Theresienstadt - Recommended reading

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Operation Reinhard (Aktion Reinhard, Einsatz Reinhard, Aktion Reinhardt or Einsatz Reinhardt in German) was the code name given to the Nazi plan to murder Polish Jews in the former General Government and rob their possessions. During the operation, as many as 2,000,000 people were murdered in these camps, almost all of them Jews. Operation Reinhard - The name. It is hypothesized that the operation was named in memory of SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, the coordina ...

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• Operation Reinhard - The name
• Operation Reinhard - The construction of the camps
• Operation Reinhard - Chain of command
• Operation Reinhard - Extermination process
• Operation Reinhard - Camp structure

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In its most common use, assassination has come to mean the killing of an important person. An assassin — one who carries out the assassination — is usually ideologically- or politically-motivated reasons. Other motivations may be money in the case of a contract killing; opposition to a person's beliefs or belief systems in the case of a fanatic; orders from a government that are often carried about by a subversive agent such ...

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• Assassination - Reasons for assassinations
• Assassination - Assassination as a political tool
• Assassination - Assassination for money
• Assassination - Assassination as military doctrine
• Assassination - Moral issues
• Assassination - Techniques
• Assassination - Counter-measures
• Assassination - Source for conspiracy theories
• Assassination - Related lists

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Adolf Otto Eichmann (March 19, 1906 – June 1, 1962), born Karl Adolf Eichmann, was a high-ranking official in Nazi Germany and served as an Obersturmbannführer in the S.S. He was largely responsible for the logistics of the extermination of millions of people during the Holocaust, in particular Jews, which was called the "final solution" (Endlösung). He organized the identification and transportation of people to the various concentration camps. Therefore, he is often referred to as the 'Chief Executioner' of the Thi ...

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• Adolf Eichmann - Nazi Party and the SS
• Adolf Eichmann - World War II
• Adolf Eichmann - Post World War II
• Adolf Eichmann - Capture
• Adolf Eichmann - Trial
• Adolf Eichmann - Eichmann analysis
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The Wannsee Conference was the discussion by a group of Nazi officials about the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question" (Endlösung der Judenfrage). It took place on January 20, 1942 in the Wannsee Villa overlooking the Wannsee lake in southwestern Berlin and would lead to the Holocaust. The meeting is noted as the first discussion of the 'Final Solution' and also because the records and minutes of the meeting were found intact by the Allies at the ...

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• Wannsee Conference - Dramatization

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A butcher is someone who prepares various meats and other related goods for sale. Many butchers sell their goods through private stores, but nowadays, most meat is sold through supermarkets. See also: Slaughterhouse Butcher - Idiomatic use. Various people in history have gained the epithet of "Butcher" as a result of "butchering" the population of a given city or area. Examples include: Reinhard Heydrich (The Butcher of Prague), Douglas Haig (The Butcher of the Somme) and Ali Hassan al ...

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• Butcher - Idiomatic use

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