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1941 in Austria

Explore 17 historical events and records for Austria in 1941.

Historical records for Austria in 1941

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March

Jewish Affairs Section Leadership

Eichmann, Adolf ยท Berlin ยท Head of RSHA IV B 4 ยท Government / NSDAP Government

The office coordinates deportations of Jews across Nazi-controlled Europe.

RSHA IV B 4 Appointment

Eichmann, Adolf ยท Berlin ยท Head of RSHA IV B 4 ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Becomes director of RSHA section IV B 4.

May

Final Solution

Eichmman, Adolf ยท Lieutenant Colonel ยท Warfare / World War, 2nd

An order is issued by the RSHA to block emigration of Jews attempting to leave Belgium or France as part of the "imminent Final Solution of the Jewish question." The RSHA.

Final Solution

Eichmman, Adolf ยท Lieutenant Colonel ยท Warfare / World War, 2nd

And food in Theresienstadt (a concentration camp to extermination facilities like Auschwitz).

Final Solution

Eichmman, Adolf ยท Lieutenant Colonel ยท Warfare / World War, 2nd

If they turned over their assets to the RSHA through a 'phony' home-purchase plan.

Final Solution

Eichmman, Adolf ยท Lieutenant Colonel ยท Warfare / World War, 2nd

Working with Adolf Eichmann's Reich Association of Jews in Germany, deliberately deceived Jews living in Germany and those of other countries by promising them good living quarters, medical care.

Reich Association of Jews

Eichmman, Adolf ยท Lieutenant Colonel ยท Warfare / World War, 2nd

An order is issued by the RSHA to block emigration of Jews attempting to leave Belgium or France as part of the "imminent Final Solution of the Jewish question." The RSHA.

Reich Association of Jews

Eichmman, Adolf ยท Lieutenant Colonel ยท Warfare / World War, 2nd

And food in Theresienstadt (a concentration camp to extermination facilities like Auschwitz).

Reich Association of Jews

Eichmman, Adolf ยท Lieutenant Colonel ยท Warfare / World War, 2nd

If they turned over their assets to the RSHA through a 'phony' home-purchase plan.

Reich Association of Jews

Eichmman, Adolf ยท Lieutenant Colonel ยท Warfare / World War, 2nd

Working with Adolf Eichmann's Reich Association of Jews in Germany, deliberately deceived Jews living in Germany and those of other countries by promising them good living quarters, medical care.

October

Deportations from Greater German Reich

Eichmann, Adolf ยท Berlin ยท Head of RSHA IV B 4 ยท Warfare / World War, 2nd

Coordinates deportations from the Greater German Reich eastward.

Eastern Deportation Coordination

Eichmann, Adolf ยท Berlin ยท Head of RSHA IV B 4 ยท Warfare / World War, 2nd

Tens of thousands are sent to ghettos and killing sites.

Annihilation Policy Coordination

Eichmann, Adolf ยท Berlin ยท Head of RSHA IV B 4 ยท Warfare / World War, 2nd

His transport office becomes central to implementation.

Final Solution Planning Discussions

Eichmann, Adolf ยท Berlin ยท Head of RSHA IV B 4 ยท Warfare / World War, 2nd

Participates in discussions concerning the planned annihilation of European Jews.

Promotion to Lieutenant Colonel

Eichmann, Adolf ยท Berlin ยท SS-Obersturmbannfuehrer ยท Warfare / Military

Is promoted to SS-Obersturmbannfuehrer.

SS Rank of Obersturmbannfuehrer

Eichmann, Adolf ยท Berlin ยท SS-Obersturmbannfuehrer ยท Warfare / Military

The rank corresponds approximately to lieutenant colonel.

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Dublin Theoretical Physics Programme

Schrodinger, Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander ยท Dublin ยท Director ยท Science / Physics

Develops the research programme of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies and helps establish it as an international centre for theoretical physics.

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