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Events in the year '''1942 in [[Germany]]'''.
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===National level===
===National level===
Head of State
Head of State and [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]]
*[[Adolf Hitler]] (the [[Führer]]) ([[Nazi Party]])
* [[Adolf Hitler]] (the [[Führer]]) ([[Nazi Party]])

[[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]]
* [[Adolf Hitler]] ([[Nazi Party]])


==Events==
==Events==
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[[File:Einsatzgruppen murder Jews in Ivanhorod, Ukraine, 1942.jpg|thumb|Executions of Kiev Jews by German army mobile killing units ([[Einsatzgruppen]]) near [[Ivanhorod|Ivangorod]]. ]]
* 13 January — [[Heinkel]] test pilot Helmut Schenk becomes the first person to escape from a stricken aircraft with an [[ejection seat]].
* 13 January — [[Heinkel]] test pilot Helmut Schenk becomes the first person to escape from a stricken aircraft with an [[ejection seat]].
* 20 January — World War II: [[Nazism|Nazis]] at the [[Wannsee conference]] in [[Berlin]] decide that the "[[final solution]] to the [[Jew]]ish problem" is relocation, and later extermination.
* 20 January — World War II: [[Nazis]] at the [[Wannsee conference]] in [[Berlin]] decide that the "[[final solution]] to the [[Jew]]ish problem" is deportation, and later extermination.
* 21 January — World War II: [[Erwin Rommel]] launches his new offensive in [[Cyrenaica]].
* 21 January — World War II: [[Erwin Rommel]] launches his new offensive in [[Cyrenaica]].
* 3 February — World War II: Rommel suspends his offensive in Cyrenaica.
* 3 February — World War II: Rommel suspends his offensive in Cyrenaica.
* 17 March — [[Holocaust]]: the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] [[extermination camp]] [[Bełżec extermination camp|Bełżec]] opens in [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|occupied Poland]] about 1&nbsp;km south of the local railroad station of [[Bełżec extermination camp|Bełżec]] in the [[Lublin]] district of the [[General Government]]. Between March 1942 and December 1942, at least 434,508 people were killed there.
* 17 March — [[Holocaust]]: the [[Nazi German]] [[extermination camp]] [[Belzec extermination camp|Belzec]] opens in [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|occupied Poland]] about 1&nbsp;km south of the local railroad station of [[Belzec extermination camp|Belzec]] in the [[Lublin]] district of the [[General Government]]. Between March 1942 and December 1942, at least 434,508 people were killed there.
* 24 March - The deportation of [[Slovakia|Slovak]] Jews to [[Auschwitz]] begins.
* 24 March - The deportation of [[Slovakia|Slovak]] Jews to [[Auschwitz]] begins.
* 27 March - The first [[France|French]] Jews are deported to Auschwitz.
* 27 March - The first [[France|French]] Jews are deported to Auschwitz.
* April — [[Holocaust]]: the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] [[extermination camp]] [[Sobibor extermination camp|Sobibor]] opens in [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|occupied Poland]] on the outskirts of the town of [[Sobibór]]. Between April 1942 and October 1943, at least 160,000 people were killed in the camp.
* April — [[Holocaust]]: the [[Nazi German]] [[extermination camp]] [[Sobibor extermination camp|Sobibor]] opens in [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|occupied Poland]] on the outskirts of the village of [[Sobibór, Lublin Voivodeship|Sobibór]]. Between April 1942 and October 1943, at least 160,000 people were killed in the camp.
* Spring — [[Holocaust]]: the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] [[extermination camp]] [[Treblinka extermination camp|Treblinka II]] opens in [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|occupied Poland]] near the village of [[Treblinka, Masovian Voivodeship|Treblinka]]. Between July 1942 and October 1943, around 850,000 people were killed there,<ref name="Generalgouvernement, 2004, pp. 257-281">Treblinka - ein Todeslager der "Aktion Reinhard", in: "Aktion Reinhard" - Die Vernichtung der Juden im Generalgouvernement, [[Bogdan Musial]] (ed.), Osnabrück 2004, pp. 257-81.</ref> more than 800,000 of whom were [[Jews]].<ref>Donald L. Niewyk, Francis R. Nicosia, [https://books.google.com/books?id=lpDTIUklB2MC&pg=PA210&dq=%22Treblinka+Treblinka%22&cd=25#v=onepage&q=%22Treblinka%20Treblinka%22&f=false ''The Columbia guide to the Holocaust'',] [[Columbia University Press]], 2000, {{ISBN|0-231-11200-9}}. Page 210</ref>
* Spring — [[Holocaust]]: the [[Nazi German]] [[extermination camp]] [[Treblinka II]] opens in [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|occupied Poland]] near the village of [[Treblinka, Masovian Voivodeship|Treblinka]]. Between July 1942 and October 1943, around 850,000 people were killed there,<ref name="Generalgouvernement, 2004, pp. 257-281">Treblinka - ein Todeslager der "Aktion Reinhard", in: "Aktion Reinhard" - Die Vernichtung der Juden im Generalgouvernement, [[Bogdan Musial]] (ed.), Osnabrück 2004, pp. 257-81.</ref> more than 800,000 of whom were [[Jews]].<ref>Donald L. Niewyk, [[Francis R. Nicosia]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=lpDTIUklB2MC&dq=%22Treblinka+Treblinka%22&pg=PA210 ''The Columbia guide to the Holocaust''], [[Columbia University Press]], 2000, {{ISBN|0-231-11200-9}}. Page 210</ref>
* 12 May — World War II &ndash; [[Second Battle of Kharkov]]: In the eastern [[Ukraine]], the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] Army initiates a major offensive. During the battle the Soviets capture the city of [[Kharkov]] from the German Army, only to be encircled and destroyed.
* 12 May — World War II &ndash; [[Second Battle of Kharkov]]: In the eastern [[Ukraine]], the [[Soviet]] Army initiates a major offensive. During the battle the Soviets capture the city of [[Kharkov]] from the German Army, only to be encircled and destroyed.
* 21 May — World War II: [[Mexico]] declares war against Germany after the sinking of the Mexican tanker ''[[Faja de Oro]]'' by the German U-boat, U-160, off [[Key West]].
* 21 May — World War II: [[Mexico]] declares war against Germany after the sinking of the Mexican tanker ''[[Faja de Oro]]'' by the German U-boat, U-160, off [[Key West]].
* 27 May — World War II &ndash; [[Operation Anthropoid]]: Czech paratroopers attempt to assassinate [[Reinhard Heydrich]] in [[Prague]]. He survives, but is seriously injured.
* 27 May — World War II &ndash; [[Operation Anthropoid]]: Czech paratroopers attempt to assassinate [[Reinhard Heydrich]] in [[Prague]]. He survives, but is seriously injured.
* 4 June — World War II: [[Reinhard Heydrich]] succumbs to wounds sustained on May 27 from Czechoslovakian paratroopers acting in [[Operation Anthropoid]].
* 4 June — World War II: [[Reinhard Heydrich]] succumbs to wounds sustained on May 27 from Czechoslovakian paratroopers acting in [[Operation Anthropoid]].
* 4 June - World War II: [[Hitler and Mannerheim recording]]
* 4 June - World War II: [[Hitler and Mannerheim recording]]
* 9 June — World War II: [[Nazism|Nazis]] burn the Czech village of [[Lidice]] in reprisal for the killing of [[Reinhard Heydrich]].
* 9 June — World War II: [[Nazis]] burn the Czech village of [[Lidice]] in reprisal for the killing of [[Reinhard Heydrich]].
* 10 June — World War II: The Gestapo massacres 173 male residents of [[Lidice]], [[Czechoslovakia]] in revenge for the killing of Heydrich in the village.
* 10 June — World War II: The Gestapo massacres 173 male residents of [[Lidice]], [[Czechoslovakia]] also in reprisal for the killing of Heydrich in the village.
* 11 June — Plans are made for the deportation of Jews from France, [[Belgium]] and the [[Netherlands]].
* 11 June — Plans are made for the deportation of Jews from France, [[Belgium]] and the [[Netherlands]].
* 23 June — The experimental early type of a nuclear reactor L-IV led to [[Leipzig L-IV experiment accident|an accident]], becoming the first nuclear accident in history and consisting of steam explosion and reactor fire in [[Leipzig]].
* 23 June — The experimental early type of a nuclear reactor led to [[Leipzig L-IV experiment accident]], becoming the first nuclear accident in history and consisting of steam explosion and reactor fire in [[Leipzig]].
* 1 July — 27 July — World War II: the [[First Battle of El Alamein]].
* 1 July — 27 July — World War II: the [[First Battle of El Alamein]].
* 2 July — American and British newspapers report that more than 1,000,000 Jews have already been exterminated by the Nazi regime across occupied Europe.
* 2 July — Soviet, American and British newspapers report that more than 1,000,000 Jews have already been exterminated by the Nazi regime across occupied Europe.
* 4 July — World War II: Twenty-four ships are sunk by German bombers and submarines after [[Convoy PQ 17]] to the Soviet Union is scattered in the Arctic Ocean to evade the [[German battleship Tirpitz]].
* 4 July — World War II: Twenty-four ships are sunk by German bombers and submarines after [[Convoy PQ 17]] to the Soviet Union is scattered in the Arctic Ocean to evade the [[German battleship Tirpitz]].
* 14 July — World War II: Germany introduces the [[Ostvolk Medal]] for Soviet personnel in [[Wehrmacht]], on the same day that the first Dutch Jews are deported to Auschwitz.
* 14 July — World War II: Germany introduces the [[Ostvolk Medal]] for Soviet personnel in [[Wehrmacht]], on the same day that the first Dutch Jews are deported to Auschwitz.
* 18 July — World War II: Germany test flies the [[Messerschmitt Me 262]] (using only its [[jet engine|jet]]s) for the first time.
* 18 July — World War II: Germany test flies the [[Messerschmitt Me 262]] (using only its [[jet engines]]) for the first time.
* 19 July — World War II &ndash; [[Battle of the Atlantic (1940)|Battle of the Atlantic]]: [[Nazi Germany|German]] Grand Admiral [[Karl Dönitz]] orders the last [[U-boat]]s to withdraw from their [[United States]] Atlantic coast positions, in response to an effective American convoy system.
* 19 July — World War II &ndash; [[Battle of the Atlantic (1940)|Battle of the Atlantic]]: German Grand Admiral [[Karl Dönitz]] orders the last [[U-boat]]s to withdraw from their [[United States]] Atlantic coast positions, in response to an effective American convoy system.
* 22 July — [[Holocaust]]: The systematic deportation of [[Jew]]s from the [[Warsaw Ghetto]] begins, with many being transported to the new extermination camp at [[Treblinka]].
* 22 July — [[Holocaust]]: The systematic deportation of [[Jew]]s from the [[Warsaw Ghetto]] begins, with many being transported to the new extermination camp at [[Treblinka]].
* August - Deportation of [[Croatia]]n Jews to Auschwitz begins.
* August - Deportation of [[Croatia]]n Jews to Auschwitz begins.
* 22 August — [[1942 in Brazil|Brazil]] breaks diplomatic relations and declares war on Germany and Italy.<ref>{{cite news|title=O Brasil na Guerra|url=http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdn/1942/8/22/1/|access-date=25 May 2014|newspaper=Folha da Noite|date=22 August 1942}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=O Brasil em estado de beligerância com a Alemanha e a Itália|url=http://acervo.estadao.com.br/pagina/#!/19420823-22380-nac-0001-999-1-not|access-date=25 May 2014|newspaper=O Estado de S. Paulo|date=23 August 1942}}</ref>
* 30 August — [[Luxembourg]] is formally annexed to the German Reich.
* 30 August — [[Luxembourg]] is formally annexed to the German Reich.
* 31 August - 5 September — World War II: [[Battle of Alam Halfa]]
* 31 August - 5 September — World War II: [[Battle of Alam Halfa]]
* 3 September — A German attempt to liquidate the Jewish [[Lakhva Ghetto|ghetto in Lakhva]] leads to an uprising.
* 3 September — A German attempt to liquidate the Jewish [[ghetto in Lakhva]] leads to an uprising.
* 27 September — World War II &ndash; Both [[commerce raiding]] [[German auxiliary cruiser Stier|''hilfskreuzer Stier'']] and [[Liberty ship]] [[SS Stephen Hopkins|''Stephen Hopkins'']] sink following a gun battle in the South Atlantic. ''Stier'' is the only commerce raider to be sunk by [[Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Muggenthaler|first=August Karl|title=German Raiders of World War II|publisher=Prentice-Hall|year=1977|isbn=0-13-354027-8|pages=241–42}}</ref>
* 27 September — World War II &ndash; Both [[commerce raiding]] [[German auxiliary cruiser Stier]] and [[Liberty ship]] [[SS Stephen Hopkins|''Stephen Hopkins'']] sink following a gun battle in the South Atlantic. ''Stier'' is the only commerce raider to be sunk by [[Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Muggenthaler|first=August Karl|title=German Raiders of World War II|publisher=Prentice-Hall|year=1977|isbn=0-13-354027-8|pages=241–42}}</ref>
* 3 October — The first [[V-2 rocket|A-4 rocket]] is successfully launched from [[Test Stand VII]] at [[Peenemünde]], Germany. The rocket flies 147 kilometers wide and reaches a height of 84.5 kilometers, becoming the first man-made object to reach space.
* 3 October — The first [[A-4 rocket]] is successfully launched from [[Test Stand VII]] at [[Peenemünde]], Germany. The rocket flies 147 kilometers wide and reaches a height of 84.5 kilometers, becoming the first man-made object to reach space.
* 5 October - Himmler orders all Jews in concentration camps across Germany to be transferred to Auschwitz or Majdanek.
* 5 October - Himmler orders all Jews in concentration camps across Germany to be transferred to Auschwitz or Majdanek.
* 14 October — A German [[U-boat]] sinks the ferry ''[[SS Caribou]]'', killing 137.
* 14 October — A German [[U-boat]] sinks the ferry ''[[SS Caribou]]'', killing 137.
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* 10 November — World War II: In violation of a 1940 armistice, Germany invades [[Vichy France]], following French Admiral [[François Darlan]]'s agreement to an armistice with the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] in [[North Africa]].
* 10 November — World War II: In violation of a 1940 armistice, Germany invades [[Vichy France]], following French Admiral [[François Darlan]]'s agreement to an armistice with the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] in [[North Africa]].
* 19 November — World War II &ndash; [[Battle of Stalingrad]]: [[Soviet Union]] forces under General [[Georgy Zhukov]] launch the [[Operation Uranus]] counter-attacks at [[Stalingrad]], turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor.
* 19 November — World War II &ndash; [[Battle of Stalingrad]]: [[Soviet Union]] forces under General [[Georgy Zhukov]] launch the [[Operation Uranus]] counter-attacks at [[Stalingrad]], turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor.
* 22 November — World War II &ndash; [[Battle of Stalingrad]]: The situation for the German attackers of [[Stalingrad]] seems desperate during the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] counter-attack [[Operation Uranus]], and General [[Friedrich Paulus]] sends [[Adolf Hitler]] a [[telegram]] saying that the [[6th Army (Wehrmacht)|German Sixth Army]] is surrounded.
* 22 November — World War II &ndash; [[Battle of Stalingrad]]: The situation for the German attackers of [[Stalingrad]] seems desperate during the [[Soviet]] counter-attack [[Operation Uranus]], and General [[Friedrich Paulus]] sends [[Adolf Hitler]] a [[telegram]] saying that the [[6th Army (Wehrmacht)|German Sixth Army]] is surrounded.
* 23 November — A German [[U-boat]] sinks the ''S.S. Ben Lomond'' off the coast of Brazil. One crewman, a Chinese second steward named [[Poon Lim]], is separated from the others and spends 130 days adrift until he is rescued on 3 April 1943.
* 23 November — A German [[U-boat]] sinks the {{SS|Benlomond|1922|6}} off the coast of Brazil. One crewman, a Chinese second steward named [[Poon Lim]], is separated from the others and spends 130 days adrift until he is rescued on 3 April 1943.
* 28 December -
* 28 December -
** - Hitler orders [[Greece]] and [[Crete]] to be fortified and Balkan rebellions to be suppressed firmly and approves the withdrawal of Army Group A from the Caucasus.
** - Hitler orders [[Greece]] and [[Crete]] to be fortified and Balkan rebellions to be suppressed firmly and approves the withdrawal of Army Group A from the Caucasus.
** - Sterilization experiments begin on women at [[Auschwitz-Birkenau|Birkenau]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/timeline.html|title=Holocaust Timeline|publisher=The History Place|accessdate=8 November 2016}}</ref>
** - Sterilization experiments begin on women at [[Birkenau]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/timeline.html|title=Holocaust Timeline|publisher=The History Place|access-date=8 November 2016}}</ref>

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File:Kiev Jew Killings in Ivangorod (1942).jpg|Executions of Kiev Jews by German army mobile killing units ([[Einsatzgruppen]]) near [[Ivanhorod|Ivangorod]].
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-F0918-0201-001, KZ Treblinka, Lageplan (Zeichnung) II.jpg|Spring 1942: the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] [[extermination camp]] [[Treblinka extermination camp|Treblinka II]] opens in [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|occupied Poland]] near the village of [[Treblinka, Masovian Voivodeship|Treblinka]]</gallery>


==Births==
==Births==
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* 17 January — [[Ulf Hoelscher]], German violinist
* 17 January — [[Ulf Hoelscher]], German violinist
* 23 January - [[Wolfgang Abraham]], German football player (died [[2013 in Germany|2013]])
* 28 January — [[Hans Jürgen Bäumler]], German figure skater, actor, pop singer and television host
* 23 January - [[Willy Bogner Jr.]], German fashion designer
* 28 January - [[Hans-Jürgen Bäumler]], German pair skater
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* 30 January - [[Heidi Brühl]], German actress (died [[1991 in Germany|1991]])
* 21 February — [[Margarethe von Trotta]], German actress, film director, and writer
* 21 February — [[Margarethe von Trotta]], German actress, film director, and writer
* 24 February - [[Dieter Speer]], German biathlete
* 28 March — [[Conrad Schumann]], East German border guard (died 1998)
* 26 February - [[Wolf Gremm]], German film director and screenwriter (died [[2015 in Germany|2015]])
* 18 April — [[Jochen Rindt]], German-born racing driver (died 1970)
* 1 March - [[Harald Kujat]], German general
* 22 April – [[Rudolf Jaenisch]], German-American biologist
* 15 March - [[Ernst Klee]], German journalist and author (died [[2013 in Germany|2013]])
* 6 June - [[Klaus Bednarz]], German journalist (died 2015)
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* 12 June — [[Bert Sakmann]], German physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] laureate
* 22 March - [[Bernd Herzsprung]], German actor
* 28 March — [[Conrad Schumann]], East German border guard (died [[1998 in Germany|1998]])
* 30 June — [[Claus Wisser]], German businessman and philanthropist (died [[2023 in Germany|2023]])
* 22 April - [[Rudolf Jaenisch]], German biologist
* 23 May - [[Johannes Fried]], German historian and mediaevalist
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* 6 June - [[Klaus Bednarz]], German journalist (died [[2015 in Germany|2015]])
* 11 June -[[Gunter Gabriel]], Germann singer, musician and composer (died [[2017 in Germany|2017]])
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* 12 June — [[Bert Sakmann]], German physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate
* 5 July — [[Hannes Löhr]], German football player
* 5 July — [[Hannes Löhr]], German football player
* 13 July - [[Gerhard Hetz]], German swimmer (died [[2012 in Germany|2012]])
* 21 July — [[Alfred Gomolka]], German politician
* 21 July - [[Alfred Gomolka]], German politician
* 26 July – [[Hannelore Elsner]], German actress (died [[2019 in Germany|2019]])
* 26 July - [[Hannelore Elsner]], German actress
* 6 August — [[Evelyn Hamann]], German actress (died [[2007 in Germany|2007]])
* 6 August — [[Evelyn Hamann]], German actress (died [[2007 in Germany|2007]])
* 12 August- [[Wolfgang Huber]], German theologian, Lutheran bishop and ethicist
* 24 August — [[Hans Peter Korff]], German actor
* 5 September
* 15 August - [[Friede Springer]], German publisher
* 16 August - [[Reinhard Klimmt]], German politician
** [[Werner Herzog]], German filmmaker
** [[Norbert Trelle]], German Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hildesheim
* 20 August - [[Hans-Joachim Klein (swimmer)|Hans-Joachim Klein]], German swimmer
* 21 August - [[Ernst Welteke]], German president of Deutsche Bundesbank from September 1999 until he resigned in 2004
* 9 September - [[Ted Herold]], German rock and roll singer (died [[2021 in Germany|2021]])
* 29 August - [[Gottfried John]], German actor (died [[2014 in Germany|2014]])
* 16 September - [[Ingrid Stahmer]], German politician (died [[2020 in Germany|2020]])
* 5 September — [[Werner Herzog]], German filmmaker
* 18 September
* 18 September - [[Wolfgang Schäuble]], German politician
** [[Gerhard Kentschke]], German football player and coach
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** [[Wolfgang Schäuble]], German politician (died [[2023 in Germany|2023]])
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* 20 September - [[Jürgen Hart]], German cabaret performer (died [[2002 in Germany|2002]])
* 25 September - [[Volker Rühe]], German politician
* 25 September - [[Volker Rühe]], German politician
* 26 September - [[Ingrid Becker]], German athlete
* 26 September - [[Ingrid Becker]], German athlete
* 1 October — [[Gunther Wallraff]], German investigative journalist
* 1 October — [[Gunther Wallraff]], German investigative journalist
* 20 October
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* 20 October — [[Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard]], German biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
** [[Christel DeHaan]], German-American businesswoman and philanthropist (died 2020)
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** [[Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard]], German biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
* 21 November - [[Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul]], German politician
* 21 November - [[Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul]], German politician
* 25 November - [[Rosa von Praunheim]], German film director, author and painter
* 25 November - [[Rosa von Praunheim]], German film director, author and painter
* 30 November - [[Burghart Schmidt]], German philosopher
* 2 December - [[Ulrich Wickert]], German journalist
* 2 December - [[Ulrich Wickert]], German journalist
* 3 December - [[Alice Schwarzer]], German feminist and publisher
* 3 December - [[Alice Schwarzer]], German feminist and publisher
* 5 December - [[Herbert Dreilich]], German rock musician (died [[2004 in Germany|2004]])
* 11 December - [[Frank Schöbel]], German musician
* 12 December - [[Hannelore Rönsch]], German politician
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==Deaths==
==Deaths==
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* 26 January — [[Felix Hausdorff]], German mathematician (born 1868)
* 26 January — [[Felix Hausdorff]], German mathematician (born 1868)
* 8 February — [[Fritz Todt]], German engineer (born [[1891 in Germany|1891]])
* 8 February — [[Fritz Todt]], German engineer (born [[1891 in Germany|1891]])
* 12 March - [[Robert Bosch]], German industrialist (born 1861)
* 12 March - [[Robert Bosch]], German industrialist (born 1861)
* 14 March — [[Friedrich Karl Georg Fedde]], German botanist (born [[1873 in Germany|1873]])
* 14 March — [[Friedrich Karl Georg Fedde]], German botanist (born [[1873 in Germany|1873]])
* 27 April - [[Heinrich Burger]], Germa nfigure skater (born [[1881 in Germany|1881]])
* 14 June - [[Heinrich Vogeler]], German painter (born [[1872 in Germany|1872]])
* 1 August - [[Herbert Selpin]], German film director (born [[1904 in Germany|1904]])
* 3 August - [[Richard Willstätter]], German chemist (born [[1872 in Germany|1872]])
* 3 August - [[Richard Willstätter]], German chemist (born [[1872 in Germany|1872]])
* 30 August — [[Martin Kirschner]], German surgeon (born [[1879 in Germany|1879]])
* 30 August — [[Martin Kirschner]], German surgeon (born [[1879 in Germany|1879]])
* 26 October - [[Max Kruse (sculptor)|Max Kruse]], German sculptor (born [[1854 in Germany|1854]])
* 1 November — [[Hugo Distler]], German composer (born [[1908 in Germany|1908]])
* 1 November — [[Hugo Distler]], German composer (born [[1908 in Germany|1908]])
* 1 November — [[Ludwig Siebert]], German politician (born [[1874 in Germany|1874]])
* 3 November - [[Carl Sternheim]], German playwright and short story writer (born [[1878 in Germany|1878]])
* 7 November - [[Emil Rudolf Weiß]], German painter and poet (born [[1875 in Germany|1875]])
* 3 December — [[Henner Henkel]], German tennis champion (born [[1915 in Germany|1915]])
* 3 December — [[Henner Henkel]], German tennis champion (born [[1915 in Germany|1915]])
* 8 December - [[Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia]], German (born [[1883 in Germany|1883]])
* [[22 December]] — [[Kurt Schumacher (sculptor)|Kurt Schumacher]], German sculptor (born [[1905 in Germany|1905]])
* 22 December — [[Kurt Schumacher (sculptor)|Kurt Schumacher]], German sculptor (born [[1905 in Germany|1905]])
* 22 December - [[Arvid Harnack]], German jurist, economist, and German resistance fighter in Nazi Germany (born [[1901 in Germany|1901]])
* 28 December - [[Alfred Flatow]], German gymnast (born [[1869 in Germany|1869]])
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References

  1. ^ Treblinka - ein Todeslager der "Aktion Reinhard", in: "Aktion Reinhard" - Die Vernichtung der Juden im Generalgouvernement, Bogdan Musial (ed.), Osnabrück 2004, pp. 257-81.
  2. ^ Donald L. Niewyk, Francis R. Nicosia, The Columbia guide to the Holocaust, Columbia University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-231-11200-9. Page 210
  3. ^ "O Brasil na Guerra". Folha da Noite. 22 August 1942. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  4. ^ "O Brasil em estado de beligerância com a Alemanha e a Itália". O Estado de S. Paulo. 23 August 1942. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  5. ^ Muggenthaler, August Karl (1977). German Raiders of World War II. Prentice-Hall. pp. 241–42. ISBN 0-13-354027-8.
  6. ^ "Holocaust Timeline". The History Place. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
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