16 January 1939Nuclear FissionOtto Robert Frisch
Confirms uranium fission experimentally with Meitne
Historical records for Austria in 1939, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Confirms uranium fission experimentally with Meitne
Extends the Vienna model into the Protectorate.
Creates a Central Office for Jewish Emigration in Prague.
Death of Sigmund Freud. A heavy cigar smoker, Freud endured more than 30 operations during his life due to oral cancer, he prevailes on his doctor and friend Max Schur to assist him in suicide
A heavy cigar smoker, Freud endured more than 30 operations during his life due to oral cancer, he prevailes on his doctor and friend Max Schur to assist him in suicide
A heavy cigar smoker, Freud endured more than 30 operations during his life due to oral cancer, he prevailes on his doctor and friend Max Schur to assist him in suicide
A heavy cigar smoker, Freud endured more than 30 operations during his life due to oral cancer, he prevailes on his doctor and friend Max Schur to assist him in suicide
Freuds body is cremated at Golders Green Crematorium in England during a service attended by Austrian refugees, including the author Stefan Zweig
Moves into the Reich Security Main Office structure.
His work becomes part of the centralized Nazi security bureaucracy.
Coordinates forced emigration and emerging deportation policy.
The failed project becomes an early mass-deportation experiment.
Organizes deportations from Vienna and Moravia toward Nisko.
Takes leadership of the Reich Central Office for Jewish Emigration.
Appointed Commander of the Luftflotte Four in Poland & the Balkans
Joins in the invasion of Poland after the XVII Army Corps is transferred to Silesia
Appointed Head of the IVA 4B Nazi Burueau which deals with "Jewish affairs"
Appointed Head of the IVA 4B Nazi Burueau which deals with "Jewish affairs"
Appointed Commander of the Luftflotte Four in Poland & the Balkans
Publication of "Moses and Monotheism" (Der Mann Moses und die monotheistische Religion)
Publication of "Moses and Monotheism" (Der Mann Moses und die monotheistische Religion)
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