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Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; [d] 18 May [ O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918) or Nikolai II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917. During his reign, Nicholas gave support to the economic and political reforms promoted ...
An SS officer selecting Jews for extermination in gas chambers at the Auschwitz concentration camp. The SS and its accompanying principles represented the realization of Nazi ideology and played a crucial role in the extermination of European Jews that followed the Nazis' rise to power. As historian Gerald Reitlinger states, while the idealism ...
Dresdner Bank was known as the bank of choice for Heinrich Himmler's SS. The bank took part early on in Nazi Germany's confiscation of Jewish property and wealth. [66] In 1935, for example, as part of the Aryanization of Jewish assets, it took over the long-established private bank Arnhold in Dresden .
If your birth date is on the 11th-20th, your payment will be distributed on Wednesday, Oct. 19. If your birth date is on the 21st-31st, your payment will be distributed on Wednesday, Oct. 26. The ...
If you received Social Security before May 1997, or if you’re receiving both Social Security and SSI, then you will receive Social Security on Sept. 2 and SSI on Sept. 1 and Sept. 30. The ...
A 1930 change to the SS uniform was the addition of a single narrow shoulder strap worn on the right side. There were four grades of shoulder strap: until 1933 a black-and-white pattern was worn by SS troopers, an epaulette of parallel silver cords by Sturm and Sturmbann leaders, a twisted pattern in silver cord by standarten-, ober-, and Gruppenführers, and a braided silver shoulderboard by ...
April 29, 1945 ( U.S. Army photograph) [Note 1] During the Dachau liberation reprisals, [Note 2] German SS troops were killed by U.S. soldiers and concentration camp prisoners at the Dachau concentration camp on April 29, 1945, during World War II. It is unclear how many SS guards were killed in the incident, but most estimates place the number ...
Operation Bernhard. A £5 note ( White fiver) forged by Sachsenhausen concentration camp prisoners. Operation Bernhard was an exercise by Nazi Germany to forge British bank notes. The initial plan was to drop the notes over Britain to bring about a collapse of the British economy during the Second World War. The first phase was run from early ...