SS-Gruppenführer Otto Hofmann, born in Innsbruck, 16 maart 1896, of Nazi Germany’s “Race and Settlement Main Office,” was present at the Wannsee Conference planning the Holocaust against the Jews. Sentenced to 25 years in prison at the RuSHA Trial in 1948, Hofmann was released on 7 April 1954. In April 1923, Hofmann joined the Nazi Party (member: 145,729) and in April 1931 he joined… Read more »
These unusual vehicles played an important role in the D-Day landings, the Battle of Normandy and the campaign in north-west Europe. The failed Allied raid at Dieppe in August 1942 exposed how difficult it was to land vehicles and men during an amphibious invasion and to break through German coastal defences – specialised armour was needed to… Read more »
To increase the birthrate, the Nazi regime ran a non-stop propaganda campaign that glorified starting a family and having children. One manifestation of the Nazi “cult of the mother” was the “Cross of Honor for the German Mother” (also known as the “Mother Cross”), which the NSDAP awarded in Hitler’s name to mothers with four… Read more »
Operation Spring Awaking, Frühlingserwachen (6 March 1945 – 16 March 1945) was the last major German offensive launched during World War II and was an offensive begun by the Germans in great secrecy on 6 March 1945. They launched attacks in Hungary near the Lake Balaton area on the Eastern Front. This area included some of the… Read more »
In February, 1938, Goering became head of Germany’s armed forces. The following year he officially became Hitler’s deputy and legal heir. He obtained a vast income from his various official posts and converted an old Berlin palace into his official residence. Goering also made money from his own newspaper, Essener National Zeitung and from stock… Read more »