The Beer Hall Putsch of November 1923, or the Munich Putsch, was Hitler’s attempt to overthrow the Weimar government of Friedrich Ebert and establish a right wing nationalistic one in its place. Friedrich Eberth died of septic shock 28-02-1925 age 54. In September 1923, the Chancellor Gustav Stresemann and President Ebert had decided that the only… Read more »
He has gone down as one of the world’s bloodiest dictators, responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of people. Adolf Hitler portrayed himself as a fearless ruler who was afraid of no-one. But behind closed doors, the Nazi leader was terrified of one thing – going to the dentist. His personal dentist Johannes… Read more »
Carin Axelina Hulda Fock, born 21-10-1888 in Stockholm was the first wife of Hermann Goering and the daughter of a Swedish baron and his Anglo-Irish wife. Carin Fock, was married with lieutenant Baron Nils Gustaf von Kantzow , with one child Thomas born in 1912 . She first met the famous ex-World War I fighter pilot… Read more »
At this location on September 20, 1944 the Waal crossing was executed with 26 canvas boats by the Third Battalion of the 504th Regimental Combat Team led by Major Julian Cook. He survived the war and died at Columbia, SC on June 19, 1990, age 73. On September 17, 1944, Major Cook jumped into Holland near the Maas-Waal… Read more »
The SS-Ehrendegen, also SS-Degen (officially Ehrendegen Reichsführer-SS, was a straight sabre or sword, especially of the dress sword worn with a Schutzstaffel (SS) uniform from 1935 until 1945. First introduced in 1935, it was designed by Professor Karl Diebitsch , an SS Oberführer, who was also Heinrich Himmler’s personal referent on all art and design within the SS. The… Read more »