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1942 In Germany
Events in the year 1942 in Germany. Incumbents National level Head of State and Chancellor of Germany, Chancellor * Adolf Hitler (the Führer) (Nazi Party) Events * 13 January — Heinkel test pilot Helmut Schenk becomes the first person to escape from a stricken aircraft with an ejection seat. * 20 January — World War II: Nazis at the Wannsee conference in Berlin decide that the "final solution to the Jewish problem" is deportation, and later extermination. * 21 January — World War II: Erwin Rommel launches his new offensive in Cyrenaica. * 3 February — World War II: Rommel suspends his offensive in Cyrenaica. * 17 March — Holocaust: the Nazi German extermination camp Belzec extermination camp, Belzec opens in Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), occupied Poland about 1 km south of the local railroad station of Belzec extermination camp, Belzec in the Lublin district of the General Government. Between March 1942 and December 1942, at least 434,508 people were kill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total population of over 84 million in an area of , making it the most populous member state of the European Union. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The Capital of Germany, nation's capital and List of cities in Germany by population, most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Settlement in the territory of modern Germany began in the Lower Paleolithic, with various tribes inhabiting it from the Neolithic onward, chiefly the Celts. Various Germanic peoples, Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |