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End of First World War
It involved all the world's great powers, which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom, France and Russia) and the Central Powers ( Germany, Austria-Hungary) -
Treaty of Versalles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. -
The Beer Hall Putsch
It was a failed attempt at revolution that occurred between the evening of 8 November and the early afternoon of 9 November 1923, when Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler and other heads of the Kampfbund unsuccessfully tried to seize power in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. -
Mein Kampf
Is a book by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. It combines elements of autobiography with an exposition of Hitler's political ideology.
Hitler began the dictation of the book while imprisoned for what he considered to be "political crimes" after his failed Putsch in Munich in November 1923. -
Nazi book burnings
The Nazi book burnings were a campaign conducted by the Authorities of Nazi Germany to ceremonially burn books in Germany and Austria by classical liberal, anarchist, pacifist, communist, Jewish, and other authors whose writings were viewed as subversive or whose ideologies undermined the National Socialist administration. -
Hitler becomes Führer
Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany, becoming head of state as well as Chancellor. -
"NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS"
On the night of November 9, violence against Jews broke out across the Reich. It appeared to be unplanned, set off by Germans' anger over the assassination of a German official in Paris at the hands of a Jewish teenager. In two days, over 250 synagogues were burned, over 7,000 Jewish businesses were trashed and looted and dozens of Jewish people were killed. -
Invasion of Poland
The Invasion of Poland, was an invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe. -
Hitler's death
Adolf Hitler committed suicide by gunshot in his Führerbunker in Berlin. His wife Eva, committed suicide with him. That afternoon, in accordance with Hitler's prior instructions, their remains were carried up the stairs through the bunker's emergency exit, doused in petrol and set alight in the Reich Chancellery garden outside the bunker.
