Adolf Hitler’s rise to power began in Germany in September 1919 when Hitlerr joined the political party known as the Deutsche Arbeitspartei – DAP (German Workers’ Party) . The name was changed in 1920 to the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei – NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers’ Party , commonly known as the Nazi Party). This political party was formed and… Read more »
After the successful Allied invasions, D-Day” of western France, Germany gathered reserve forces and launched a massive counter-offensive in the Ardennes, which collapsed by January. At the same time, Soviet forces were closing in from the east, invading Poland and East Prussia. By March, Western Allied forces were crossing the Rhine River , capturing hundreds… Read more »
Gerda Bormann-Buchs was born 23-10-1909 in Konstanz am Bodensee. She was the daughter of Supreme Nazi Party Judge and SS Obergruppenführer Walter Buch . After the end of the Second World War in Europe, Buch was seized and sentenced to five years in a labour camp. In July 1949, in the course of another wave of Denazification, he was… Read more »
Edda Goering is the daughter of Hermann Goering, one of the leading Nazi politicians of World War II. When Goering married his wife Emmy Sonneman in 1935, she became the first lady of Germany since Adolf Hitler was unmarried, and Adolf Hitler is believed to have been Edda’s godfather. Edda was born on 02 June 1938,… Read more »
The 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, also known as the SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger (1944),or simply the Dirlewanger Brigade, was a military unit of the Waffen SS during World War II. Composed of criminals expected to die fighting in the front-line, the unit was led by Oskar Dirlewanger . Oskar Dirlewanger (26 September 1895 – 7 June 1945) was a German… Read more »
