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2 days ago · The Final Solution (‹See Tfd› German: die Endlösung, pronounced [diː ˈʔɛntˌløːzʊŋ] ⓘ) or the Final Solution to the Jewish Question (‹See Tfd› German: Endlösung der Judenfrage, pronounced [ˈɛntˌløːzʊŋ deːɐ̯ ˈjuːdn̩ˌfʁaːɡə] ⓘ) was a Nazi plan for the genocide of individuals they defined as Jews during ...
2 days ago · In 1944, Rommel was implicated in the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler. Because of Rommel's status as a national hero, Hitler wanted to eliminate him quietly instead of having him immediately executed, as many other plotters were.
4 days ago · July Plot: A failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler Learn about the July Plot of 1944, in which Claus, Count Schenk von Stauffenberg, and others tried to assassinate Hitler and overthrow the Nazi regime.
1 day ago · Adolf Hitler[ a ] (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, [ c ] becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.
4 days ago · Hitler and the Nazis were determined to force Jews into emigrating, firstly by petty humiliations and confiscating property, and then by more direct and physical persecution. Jews were broadly identified by the restrictive 1935 Nuremberg Laws as any person with one Jewish grandparent, but ever since 1933, the Nazis had been systematically removing Jews from small villages and towns, moving them into the cities .
3 days ago · On July 20, officers carried out a plot, part of a long-simmering opposition to Hitler from within German military and civilian circles, but Hitler managed to escape the dramatic attempt on his life practically unharmed.
4 days ago · A new documentary and book from longtime Boston College faculty members John and Susan Michalczyk offer a scholarly investigation of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf as a prelude to genocide.
