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the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime during the. More than 6 million European Jews, as well as members of other persecuted groups, such as gypsies and homosexuals, were murdered at concentration camps such as Auschwitz.
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After months of negotiations, the president of Germany, Paul von Hindenburg, will appoint Hitler chancellor of Germany in a government seemingly dominated by conservatives.
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A major United States naval base in Hawaii that was attacked without warning by the Japanese air force, with great loss of American lives and ships. This event lead to World War 2
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Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy.
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Adolf Hitler killed himself by gunshot in his Führerbunker in Berlin. His wife Eva (née Braun) committed suicide with him by taking cyanide.
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Public holiday celebrated to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War 2 of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
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News of the surrender was announced to the world. This sparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of World War 2.
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German Nazi and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust. He was the person who transported the Jews to concentration camps.
