Encyclopedia - Reinhard Heydrich: Encyclopedia Ii - Reinhard Heydrich - Occupation Role And Assassination
On September 27, 1941 Heydrich was appointed acting Reichsprotektor ('Imperial Protector', the nazi representative) in the Czech puppet-s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1904: Encyclopedia - 1904
1904 (MCMIV) is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). 1904 - Events. 1904 - January-March. January 7 - T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1941: Encyclopedia - 1941
1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). 1941 - Events. 1941 - January-February. Janua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1942: Encyclopedia - 1942
This article is about the year. For the 1984 Capcom arcade game, see 1942 (video game). 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Schutzstaffel: Encyclopedia - Schutzstaffel
The Schutzstaffel ▶ (help·info) ("defense squadron"), or SS, was a large paramilitary organization that was a principal component of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prague: Encyclopedia - Prague
Prague (Czech: Praha, see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated on the Vltava river in centra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abwehr: Encyclopedia - Abwehr
The Abwehr was a German intelligence organization from 1921 to 1944. The verb abwehren means "to ward off", implying counterespionage; th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler ▶ (help·info) (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer (Leader) of Germany fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia - The Holocaust
The Holocaust is the name applied to the systematic state-sponsored persecution and genocide of various ethnic, religious and political ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Propaganda: Encyclopedia - Propaganda
Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation directly aimed at influencing the opinions of people, rather than to impartially pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conspiracy Film: Encyclopedia - Conspiracy Film
Conspiracy is a made-for-TV BBC/HBO motion picture which dramatizes the events that occurred during the Wannsee Conference of 1942. The f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crown Of Saint Wenceslas: Encyclopedia - Crown Of Saint Wenceslas
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 coro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Czech And Slovak Orthodox Church: Encyclopedia - Czech And Slovak Orthodox Church
The Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church (Czechoslovak Orthodox Church up to 1993) traces its roots to the Church of the Czech Brethren of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Irving: Encyclopedia - David Irving
David John Cawdell Irving (born March 24, 1938) is a British Holocaust denier, who for many years had the reputation of a professional hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Concentration Camp Theresienstadt: Encyclopedia - Concentration Camp Theresienstadt
Concentration camp Theresienstadt was a concentration camp set up by the Gestapo in the fortress and garrison city Terezín (German name ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Operation Reinhard: Encyclopedia - Operation Reinhard
Operation Reinhard (Aktion Reinhard, Einsatz Reinhard, Aktion Reinhardt or Einsatz Reinhardt in German) was the code name given to the Na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Assassination: Encyclopedia - Assassination
In its most common use, assassination has come to mean the killing of an important person. An assassin — one who carries out the assass...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Eichmann: Encyclopedia - Adolf Eichmann
Adolf Otto Eichmann (March 19, 1906 – June 1, 1962), born Karl Adolf Eichmann, was a high-ranking official in Nazi Germany and served a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wannsee Conference: Encyclopedia - Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was the discussion by a group of Nazi officials about the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question" (Endlösung der ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Butcher: Encyclopedia - Butcher
A butcher is someone who prepares various meats and other related goods for sale. Many butchers sell their goods through private stores, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nazi Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Nazi Germany - Pre-war Politics 1933-1939
On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg after attempts by General Kurt von Schleicher...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Night Of The Long Knives: Encyclopedia Ii - Night Of The Long Knives - Background
By the summer of 1933, the SA (Sturmabteilung) had grown discontented with the progress of the Nazi regime. Many had taken seriously the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Socialist German Workers Party: Encyclopedia Ii - National Socialist German Workers Party - Party History
National Socialist German Workers Party - Origins. In the beginning of 1918, a party called the Freier Ausschuss für einen deutschen A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - World War Ii - Chronology
Main articles: European Theatre of World War II, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II, Pacific War, End of World War II in Europe World...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Operation Anthropoid: Encyclopedia Ii - Operation Anthropoid - Context
In September 1941 Heydrich was appointed Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, replacing Konstantin von Neurath whom Hitler considered insuff...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1939–1945: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1939–1945 - German And Soviet Invasion
The Polish armed forces resisted the German invasion, but their strategic position was hopeless since Poland was surrounded on three side...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Historical Interpretations
As with any historical event, scholars continue to argue over what exactly happened and why. The Holocaust - Who was directly involved i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hermann Fegelein: Encyclopedia Ii - Hermann Fegelein - Membership Of The Ss
On July 25, 1937, Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler, by special order of the Oberabschnitt (SUD), created the SS Main Riding School in Munic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Protectorate Of Bohemia And Moravia: Encyclopedia Ii - Protectorate Of Bohemia And Moravia - From Creation To Dissolution – Overview
Czecho-Slovakia or Czechoslovakia (1918 - 1939; 1945 - 1992) Austria-Hungary (until 1918) (Bohemia, Moravia, a part of Silesia, northern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heinrich Himmler: Encyclopedia Ii - Heinrich Himmler - Peace Negotiations Capture And Death
By 1945, Himmler's Waffen-SS numbered 800,000 members, with the Allgemeine-SS (at least on paper) hosting a membership of nearly two mill...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madagascar Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - Madagascar Plan - Planning Begins
An ambitious bureaucrat named Franz Rademacher, recently appointed leader of the Judenreferat III der Abteilung Deutschland, or Jewish De...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persecution Of Heathens: Encyclopedia Ii - Persecution Of Heathens - Middle Ages
While the early Christianization of the Goths, the Irish, the Franks and the Alamanni was achieved by peaceful missionary activity, facil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Military Engagements Of World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Military Engagements Of World War Ii - Major Campaigns
List of military engagements of World War II - European Theatre. Blitzkrieg Polish September Campaign (Operation Fall Weiss) - see al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Victims
The victims of the Holocaust were Jews, Polish, Russian, Communists, homosexuals, Roma (also known as gypsies), the mentally ill and the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - July 31: Encyclopedia Ii - July 31 - Deaths
July 31 - 1900 to Present. 1914 - Jean Jaurès, French politician (d. 1859) 1917 - Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet (b. 1881) 1944 - Antoi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joseph Stalin: Encyclopedia Ii - Joseph Stalin - Stalin And Changes In Soviet Society
Joseph Stalin - Industrialization. Main article: Industrialization of the USSR. The Russian Civil War and War communism had a devastati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hitler In Popular Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Hitler In Popular Culture - How Hitler Is Represented After His Lifetime
After his lifetime, Hitler continued to be depicted as incompetent or foolish. However, whilst Hitler's anti-Semitic policies were well k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Occupation Of Czechoslovakia: Encyclopedia Ii - Occupation Of Czechoslovakia - The Munich Agreement And The First Vienna Award
After the Austrian Anschluss, Czechoslovakia was to become Hitler's next target. Hitler's strategy was to exploit the existing Sudeten Ge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kristallnacht: Encyclopedia Ii - Kristallnacht - The Events
Kristallnacht - Prelude. In the 1930s, many Jews of Polish origin had lived in Germany. On Friday, October 28, 1938, 17,000 of them had...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Germans: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Germans - Politicians
List of Germans - Chancellors of Germany before 2nd World War. Gustav Stresemann, (1878-1929), chancellor and statesman of the Weimar ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Karl Mauss: Encyclopedia Ii - Karl Mauss - Early Career
Karl Mauss was born in the town of Ploen in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. In 1914, at only sixteen years of age he volunteered to serve du...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lidice: Encyclopedia Ii - Lidice - Lidice Massacre
In 1942, Reinhard Heydrich, was the Reichsprotektor (nazi representative in the Czech puppet-state) of Bohemia and Moravia which had been...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Assassinated People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Assassinated People - Assassinations In Africa
List of assassinated people - Algeria. Hiempsal, (117 BC), co-ruler of Numidia, by Jugurtha François Darlan, (1942), French Admiral, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Ss Personnel: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Ss Personnel - Notable Ss Officers
List of SS Personnel - Reichsführer. Heinrich Himmler (Reich Leader of the SS and Chief of German Police) Karl Hanke (Last Reich Lead...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abwehr: Encyclopedia Ii - Abwehr - The Abwehr Under Canaris
Abwehr - Before the War. Before he took over the Abwehr on January 1, the soon-to-be Admiral Canaris was warned by Patzig of attempts b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hasso Von Manteuffel: Encyclopedia Ii - Hasso Von Manteuffel - Life
Von Manteuffel was born in Potsdam to a respected Prussian aristocratic family. In 1908 he became a cadet in a military school, he joined...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nazi Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Nazi Germany - Pre-war Politics 1933-1939
In the wake of the First World War and subsquent economic depression, many German voters began turning their support towards Adolf Hitler...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Botulin Toxin: Encyclopedia Ii - Botulin Toxin - Chemical Overview
Botulinum (botulinus) toxin is the toxic compound produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. The names Botox® and Dysport® are tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - State Funeral: Encyclopedia Ii - State Funeral - United States
In the U.S., state funerals are granted by law to presidents and other individuals designated by the president. While tradition and proto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Sea Power: Encyclopedia Ii - British Sea Power - History
British Sea Power's Yan, Hamilton and Wood are school friends from Kendal in Cumbria. They were in a number of bands together while at sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Czechoslovakian War Cross: Encyclopedia Ii - Czechoslovakian War Cross - 1914 – 1918
The Czechoslovak War Cross 1914 – 1918 was a commemorative medal and was awarded to any veteran of the Austro-Hungarian Empire who had ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Special Operations Executive: Encyclopedia Ii - Special Operations Executive - Numbered Stations
SOE operated several "stations" located in country houses and elsewhere. These were given numbers, such as: Station VI - Bride Hall, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slayer: Encyclopedia Ii - Slayer - History
The band was originally known as Dragonslayer before shortening their name to Slayer. Slayer's first few albums (Show No Mercy, Haunting ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Assassination: Encyclopedia Ii - Assassination - Reasons For Assassinations
Assassination - Assassination as a political tool. Some would argue that assassination is one of the oldest tools of power politics, da...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler - Early Years
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, at Braunau am Inn, Austria, a small town 90 km (55 miles) west of Linz in the province of Upper ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reichsführer-ss: Encyclopedia Ii - Reichsführer-ss - Definition
Reichsführer-SS was both a title and a rank. The title of Reichsführer was first created in 1926 by Joseph Berchtold. Berchtold's prede...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sicherheitsdienst: Encyclopedia Ii - Sicherheitsdienst - History
The SD was created in 1932 by Reinhard Heydrich and became more powerful after the Nazis took control of Germany. It was in some competit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Einsatzgruppen: Encyclopedia Ii - Einsatzgruppen - History
The origins of the Einsatzgruppen can be traced back to the ad hoc Einsatzkommando formed by Reinhard Heydrich to secure government build...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Man In The High Castle: Encyclopedia Ii - The Man In The High Castle - Plot
The Man in the High Castle - Back Story. The point of divergence between the world of The Man in the High Castle and actual history is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Schutzstaffel: Encyclopedia Ii - Schutzstaffel - The Ss During World War Ii
By 1944, the SS had become a vast and complex organization and was considered a "State within a State". The final structure and organizat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Purge: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Purge - The Moscow Trials
Main article: Moscow Trials. Between 1936 and 1938 three Moscow Trials of former senior Communist Party leaders were held. The defendants...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1904: Encyclopedia Ii - 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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1941: Encyclopedia Ii - 1941 - Events
1941 - January-February. January 6 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. Ja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1942: Encyclopedia Ii - 1942 - Events
1942 - January. January 1 - World War II: The term "United Nations" is first officially used to describe the Allied pact. January 2 - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glossary Of The Third Reich: Encyclopedia Ii - Glossary Of The Third Reich - Glossary
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ... See also:Glossary of the Third Reich, Glossary of the Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franz Halder: Encyclopedia Ii - Franz Halder - Pre-world War Ii Service
Between 1919 and 1920 Halder served with the Reichswehr War Ministry Training Branch. Between 1921 and 1923 he was a Tactics Instructor w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ernst Kaltenbrunner: Encyclopedia Ii - Ernst Kaltenbrunner - Nuremberg Trials
At the Nuremberg Trials he was charged with conspiracy to commit crimes against peace, war-crimes and crimes against humanity. His close ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of World War Ii - 1940
Timeline of World War II - January. 1: Conscription extended in Britain: all men between 20 and 27 now liable. 4: Hermann Göring plac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prague: Encyclopedia Ii - Prague - History
The area on which Prague was founded was settled in ancient times since the Paleolithic Age. Around 200 BCE the Celts had a settlement in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fatherland Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Fatherland Novel - The World Of Fatherland
Fatherland novel - History. Throughout the novel, Harris gradually explains the historical development of the society. According to the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heinrich Himmler: Encyclopedia Ii - Heinrich Himmler - Early Life
Born near Munich, Bavaria, Germany, into a middle-class family, he was the son of a Bavarian schoolmaster and attended Landshut High Scho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Operations And Projects Military And Non-military: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Operations And Projects Military And Non-military - Operations
List of operations and projects military and non-military - World War I. Albion (1917) — German capture of Oesel, Dago and Moon Isla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persecution Of Heathens: Encyclopedia Ii - Persecution Of Heathens - Middle Ages
While the early Christianization of the various Germanic peoples was achieved by various means, and was partly facilitated by the prestig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Operation Reinhard: Encyclopedia Ii - Operation Reinhard - The Construction Of The Camps
Operation Reinhard was devised as a more "humane" method of mass murder, but only for those conducting the killing. Conducting mass execu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sten: Encyclopedia Ii - Sten - Variants
Sten guns were produced in several basic marks, although the fourth was never issued and nearly half of the total produced were of the Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Operation Weserübung: Encyclopedia Ii - Operation Weserübung - Political And Military Background
Starting in the spring of 1939, the British Admiralty began to view Scandinavia as a potential theater of war in a future conflict with G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Irving: Encyclopedia Ii - David Irving - Revisionist
In 1977, Irving released his most notorious book, Hitler’s War, the first of his two-part biography on Adolf Hitler. In it, Irving trie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - World War Ii - Chronology
Main articles: European Theatre of World War II, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II, Pacific War, End of World War II in Europe World...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swing Kids: Encyclopedia Ii - Swing Kids - Counter Culture
Jazz music was offensive to Nazi ideology because it was associated with the American enemy and worse, was often performed by African Ame...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prague: Encyclopedia Ii - Prague - History
The area on which Prague was founded has been settled in since the Paleolithic Age. Around 200 BCE the Celts had a settlement in the sout...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gestapo: Encyclopedia Ii - Gestapo - History
The Gestapo was established on April 26, 1933, in Prussia, from the existing organization of the Prussian Secret Police. The Gestapo was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Assassination: Encyclopedia Ii - Assassination - Reasons For Assassinations
Assassination - Assassination as a political tool. Some would argue that assassination is one of the oldest tools of power politics, da...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Einsatzgruppen: Encyclopedia Ii - Einsatzgruppen - History
After the occupation of Poland in 1939, the Einsatzgruppen killed Poles belonging to the intelligentsia, such as priests and teachers. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Protector Title: Encyclopedia Ii - Protector Title - Political & Administrative
Protector title - Heads of State. Wakil ar-Ra`aya (rendered as Protector of the People) was the (or a?) title of the Persian imperial ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Purge: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Purge - The Moscow Trials
Main article: Moscow Trials. Between 1936 and 1938 three Moscow Trials of former senior Communist Party leaders were held. The defendants...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Concentration Camp Theresienstadt: Encyclopedia Ii - Concentration Camp Theresienstadt - People
Theresienstadt was originally planned to house privileged Jews from Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Austria. It was home to many elderly peo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Eichmann: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Eichmann - Nazi Party And The Ss
On the advice of old family friend Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Eichmann joined the Austrian branch of the SS, enlisting on April 1, 1932, as an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodor Eicke: Encyclopedia Ii - Theodor Eicke - Ss And Concentration Camps
Eicke then returned to Germany in March 1933 following Hitler's rise to power; after political quarrels with Gauleiter Joseph Bürckel an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Resistance During World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Resistance During World War Ii - Famous Resistance Operations
An intricate series of resistance operations were launched in France prior to, and during, Operation Overlord. On June 5 1944, the BBC br...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conspiracy Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Conspiracy Film - Plot
A secret meeting is held in order to determine the method by which the German government is to execute Adolf Hitler's policy - that the G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler - Early Years
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, at Braunau am Inn, Austria, a small town 90 km (55 miles) west of Linz in the province of Upper ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sepp Dietrich: Encyclopedia Ii - Sepp Dietrich - 1930s And World War Ii
In 1930, Dietrich was elected to the Reichstag as a delegate for Lower Bavaria. By 1931, he had become SS-Gruppenführer. When the NSDAP ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fatherland Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Fatherland Novel - Parallels With Nineteen Eighty-four
Fatherland contains many similarities with George Orwell's classic dystopic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. On a basic level, both novels are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sepp Dietrich: Encyclopedia Ii - Sepp Dietrich - Early Life And Career
Sepp Dietrich was born in Hawangen, near Memmingen in Bavaria on May 28, 1892. He became a butcher but joined the Bavarian Army in 1911. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Purge: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Purge - Soviet Investigation Commissions
At least two Soviet commissions investigated the show-trials after Stalin's death. The first was headed by Molotov and included Voroshilo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swing Kids: Encyclopedia Ii - Swing Kids - The Way To Resistance
Though they were not an organised political opposition organisation, the whole culture of the Swing Kids evolved into a non-violent refus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franz Halder: Encyclopedia Ii - Franz Halder - World War Ii Service
During the spring of 1939, Halder began participating in drafting the invasion plans of Poland. Halder stated that he thought that Polish...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Purge: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Purge - Victim Toll
According to MVD estimates carried out by order of a special commission of the Communist Party in preparation to the 20th Party Congress,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swing Kids: Encyclopedia Ii - Swing Kids - Clamping Down
On the 18 August 1941, in a brutal police operation, over 300 Swingjugend were arrested. The measures against them ranged from cutting th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Purge: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Purge - Rehabilitation
The Great Purges were denounced by Nikita Khrushchev, who became the leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin's death. In his secret speec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Purge: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Purge - Western Reactions
Although the trials of former Soviet leaders were widely publicized, the hundreds of thousands of other arrests and executions were not. ...   » Read the article