Education
Obtains a doctorate in medicine
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1938 in Germany — Page 9
Explore 361 historical events and records for Germany in 1938.
Historical records for Germany in 1938
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Emigration Office
Founds the Jewish Office of Emmigration
Exile of Adolf Eichmann
Expels 150,000 Jews from Austria
Foreign Secretary of Germany
Appointed Foreign Secretary, without Portfolio
Fuhrer Begleit
Appointed Commander of the Fuhrer Begleit Battalion, Hitler's personal security unit
German Edition of The Realm of the Nebulae
A German-language edition of Hubble's The Realm of the Nebulae is published in Braunschweig, widening European access to his synthesis of extragalactic astronomy and observational cosmology.
Independence of Germany
Asks for complete autonomy for Sudeten Germans in the Karlsbad Decrees
Independence of Sudetenland
Asks for complete autonomy for Sudeten Germans in the Karlsbad Decrees
Institute for Social Research in New York
Adorno moves to the United States and joins the Institute for Social Research in New York.
Invasion of Czech
Sends an emissary but fails to gain support against Germany if Hitler invades Czech
Invasion of Czech
Believes Germany is not strong enough to break through the Czech fortifications
Invention of VI Rocket
A prototype of the VI is developed
Jewish Office of Emmigration
Appointed Head of the Jewish Office of Emmigration
Lieutenant General
Appointed Lieutenant General
Linz
Requested by Hitler to rebuild Linz
Munich
Requested by Hitler to rebuild Munich
Munich Agreement
Appointed Reichskommissar after the Munich agreement
Nobel Prize
Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on carotenoids and vitamins.
NSDAP
Appointed Party Treasurer of the NSDAP
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW)
After von Blomberg resigned following the Blomberg-Fritsch Affair the Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht or OKW) under Wilhelm Keitel is created
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW)
The OKW coordinates military activities but Keitels sway over the three branches of service (army, air force, and navy) was rather limited, each its own High Command, known as Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH, army), Oberkommando der Marine (OKL). After von Blomberg resigned in the course of the Blomberg-Fritsch Affair the Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht or OKW) under Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel is created
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW)
The OKW coordinates military activities but Keitels sway over the three branches of service (army, air force, and navy) was rather limited, each its own High Command, known as Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH, army), Oberkommando der Marine (OKL). After von Blomberg resigned in the course of the Blomberg-Fritsch Affair the Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht or OKW) under Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel is created
Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH)
Appointed Commander in Chief of the OKH
Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH)
The OKW coordinates military activities but Keitels sway over the three branches of service (army, air force, and navy) was rather limited, each its own High Command, known as Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH, army), Oberkommando der Marine (OKL)
Office of Jewish Emigration
Founds the Office of Jewish Emigration
OKL
The OKW coordinates military activities but Keitels sway over the three branches of service (army, air force, and navy) was rather limited, each its own High Command, known as Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH, army), Oberkommando der Marine (OKL)
Plot
Urges Brauchitsch to plot against Hitler, resigns when Brauchitsch informs Hitler
Reichskommissar
Appointed Reichskommissar after the Munich agreement
Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden
After the Reichsvertretung is disbanded during the November Pogrom, the Nazis reassemble the councils members under the Government controlled Reichsvereinigung
Resignation of Ludwig Beck
Urges Brauchitsch to plot against Hitler, resigns when Brauchitsch informs Hitler
Resignation of Ludwig Beck
Urges Brauchitsch to plot against Hitler, resigns when Brauchitsch informs Hitler
Resignation of Werner Freiherr Fritsch
Resigns after charges of homosexuality & blackmail after opposition to army reforms
Retirement
Forced into retirement during the Blomberg-Fritsch crisis
SS
Appointed Member of SS
Supreme Commander
Appointed the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces
Wehrmacht
Appointed Commander in Chief of the Wehrmacht
Wehrmacht
After von Blomberg resigned following the Blomberg-Fritsch Affair the Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht or OKW) under Wilhelm Keitel is created
Wehrmacht
Appointed the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces
Wehrmacht
After von Blomberg resigned in the course of the Blomberg-Fritsch Affair the Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht or OKW) under Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel is created
Wehrmacht
The OKW coordinates military activities but Keitels sway over the three branches of service (army, air force, and navy) was rather limited, each its own High Command, known as Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH, army), Oberkommando der Marine (OKL). In the reshuffle Hitler becomes the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces
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