Arrival in Budapest
Arrives in Budapest after Germany occupies Hungary.
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1944 in Austria
Explore 24 historical events and records for Austria in 1944.
Historical records for Austria in 1944
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March
Hungarian Deportation Mission
Personally directs the SS deportation team assigned to Hungarian Jewry.
Deportation
Leads a task force which deports 437,000 Jews to Auschwitz from Hungary
April
Deportation Preparations Intensify
Jewish communities are concentrated in ghettos and transit sites.
Hungarian Ghettoisation Coordination
Coordinates German planning with Hungarian authorities before mass deportations.
May
Hungarian Mass Deportations Begin
Oversees the start of systematic deportations from Hungary.
Transports to Auschwitz Start
German and Hungarian authorities send mass transports toward Auschwitz.
Siege of Tito HQ
Orders the XV Gebirg Corps to attack Tito in Bosnia & destroy the Yugoslav Army, YANL
Siege of Tito HQ
The attack on Tito fails due to partisan intelligence
July
Budapest Deportations Halted
Mass deportations from Hungary are halted by Regent Horthy.
Horthy Stops Mass Transports
Eichmann's deportation operation loses its main transport programme.
Hundreds of Thousands Deported
Most deportees are sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Hungarian Deportation Campaign
His unit helps deport roughly 440,000 Hungarian Jews.
September
Finns give Germany 14 days to evacuate an army of 250,000
The Finns give Germany 14 days to evacuate an army of 250,000
Occupation
Russia demands German withdrawal from Finland
Other events (month unknown)
Autistic Psychopathy Description
Publishes a clinical description of children with distinctive social and behavioral patterns.
Childhood Social Development Study
Documents a developmental profile later associated with the autism spectrum.
Commander of Twentieth Gebirgs Army
Appointed Commander of the Twentieth Gebirgs Army in the Arctic Circle
Commander of Twentieth Gebirgs Army
Appointed Commander of the Twentieth Gebirgs Army in the Arctic Circle
Negative Entropy Discussion
Explains biological organization using the language of thermodynamics and describes living systems as sustaining order through exchanges with their environment.
Northern Lights
Evacuates Finland in 14 days, required by the armistice between Finland & Russia
Occupation
Evacuates Finland in 14 days, required by the armistice between Finland & Russia
Order from Order Concept
Develops the idea that living organisms maintain ordered structure by exploiting highly organized molecular processes in his book What Is Life?.
What Is Life?
Publication of "What Is Life?"
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