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Uprising of 1953 in East Germany: 100,000 protestors gathered at dawn, demanding the reinstatement of old work quotas and, later, the resignation of the East German government. At noon German police trapped many of the demonstrators in an open square; Soviet tanks fired on the crowd, killing hundreds and ending the protest. 1954: 4 July
10 March – Carl Reinecke, German composer, conductor and pianist (born 1824) [3] 7 May – Bernhard Cossmann, German cellist (born 1822) 27 May – Robert Koch, German physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1843) [4] 10 July – Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (born 1812) 26 August – Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen, pathologist ...
On 1 March, Nazi Germany took over the region and appointed Josef Bürckel as Reichskommissar für die Rückgliederung des Saarlandes, "Realm Commissioner for the re-union of Saarland". As the new Gau was extended to the Rhine, including the historic Palatinate, the region's name was changed again on 8 April 1940 to Gau Saarpfalz (Saar
Media in category "Images of German people" The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Emil Rathenau.jpg 287 × 414; 44 KB. Kaiserin.JPG 457 × 683 ...
In July 2017, Mullock's Auctions sold two rare oil pictures. One shows a house at a lake. [22] [23] House at a lake with mountains, 1910 Watercolors owned by Heinrich Hoffmann, one of Hitler's photographers, stored at the U.S. Army Center of Military History. The paintings were cited in Price v. United States.
1940 Henry Guttman Germany [s 2] Saint Paul's During the Blitz: July 1940 John Topham: London, England, United Kingdom 35 mm [s 2] Buckingham Palace: 13 September 1940 Cecil Beaton: London, England, United Kingdom [s 2] Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico: 1 November 1941 Ansel Adams: Hernandez, New Mexico, United States Gelatin silver print, large ...
This is a list of wars involving Germany from 962. It includes the Holy Roman Empire, Confederation of the Rhine, the German Confederation, the North German Confederation, the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, the German Democratic Republic (DDR, "East Germany") and the present Federal Republic of Germany (BRD, until German reunification in 1990 known as "West Germany").
From left, clockwise: The Ford Model T is introduced and becomes widespread; The sinking of the RMS Titanic causes the deaths of nearly 1,500 people and attracts global and historical attention; CONTEXT: All the events below are part of World War I (1914–1918); French Army lookout at his observation post in 1917; Russian troops awaiting a German attack; A ration party of the Royal Irish ...