Nürnberg in WW2 History | World War II Database

4 Sep 1934

Germany

Adolf Hitler arrived at Nürnberg, Germany for the 4th Nazi Party rally. ww2dbase [Adolf Hitler | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

7 Sep 1934

Germany

Franz von Papen arrived at Nürnberg, Germany for the 4th Nazi Party rally. ww2dbase [Franz von Papen | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

9 Sep 1934

Germany

Adolf Hitler reviewed a SA formation at the 4th Nazi Party rally in Nürnberg, Germany; in light of the recent purge of the SA, the SS placed a very heavy guard around Hitler's reviewing stand, but the parade would be uneventful. ww2dbase [Adolf Hitler | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

10 Sep 1934

Germany

After a mock battle conducted by the German Army, the 4th Nazi Party rally at Nürnberg, Germany at the end of the day. ww2dbase [Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

6 Sep 1937

Photo(s) dated 6 Sep 1937

German Reich Labor Service gathering at Zeppelinfeld, Nürnberg, Germany, 6-13 Sep 1937

10 Sep 1937

Photo(s) dated 10 Sep 1937

Field Marshal Blomberg offering the German Army for Hitler

Nazi Party Reichsarbeitsdienstes (Reich Labor Service) men in a party rally, Nürnberg, Germany, 6-13 Sep 1937

11 Sep 1937

Photo(s) dated 11 Sep 1937

Nazi Party Reichsarbeitsdienstes (Reich Labor Service) men marching at Zeppelin Field, Nürnberg, Germany, Sep 1937

12 Sep 1937

Photo(s) dated 12 Sep 1937

Nazi Party Reichsarbeitsdienstes (Reich Labor Service) men in parade at Zeppelin Field, Nürnberg, Germany, Sep 1937

10 Aug 1938

Germany

The main synagogue at Nürnberg, Germany was destroyed. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

3 Oct 1944

Germany

The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against Nürnberg, Germany. ww2dbase [RAF Thurleigh | Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Nürnberg | DS]

16 Oct 1944

Germany

Heinrich Himmler visited Nürnberg, Germany to personally inspect the repairs to the bunker which housed the Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire. ww2dbase [Heinrich Himmler | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

2 Jan 1945

Germany

British bombers attacked Nürnberg, Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

20 Feb 1945

Germany

The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against rail facilities at Nürnberg, Germany. ww2dbase [RAF Thurleigh | Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Nürnberg | DS]

21 Feb 1945

Germany

The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against rail facilities at Nürnberg, Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | RAF Thurleigh | Nürnberg | DS]

16 Apr 1945

Germany

US troops reached the outskirts of Nürnberg, Germany. ww2dbase [Southern Germany Campaign | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

17 Apr 1945

Germany

US troops captured the rail marshaling yard and airport of Nürnberg, Germany. ww2dbase [Southern Germany Campaign | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

18 Apr 1945

Germany

US troops began fighting in the old city section of Nürnberg, Germany; meanwhile, US 3rd Army sent units across the Czechoslovakian border. ww2dbase [Southern Germany Campaign | Nürnberg, Franken | TH, CPC]

20 Apr 1945

Germany

US Seventh Army captured Nürnberg, Germany. ww2dbase [Southern Germany Campaign | Nürnberg, Franken | TH]

5 Oct 1945

Germany

Thomas Dodd interrogated Wilhelm Keitel for several hours in the afternoon in Nürnberg, Germany, and the session was observed by Soviet representatives. During this session, Keitel showed scorn for the Soviets, admitted issuing the order to execute captured Soviet commissars, and discussed the torture of Soviet prisoners of war. ww2dbase [Wilhelm Keitel | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

17 Oct 1945

Germany

Miklós Horthy met with Thomas Dodd in Nürnberg, Germany. ww2dbase [Miklós Horthy | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

18 Oct 1945

Germany

The war crimes trials in Nürnberg, Germany began. Erich Raeder and Hans Fritzsche arrived in Nürnberg under Soviet guard on the same day. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

20 Nov 1945

Germany

Trial of the Major War Criminals of the Nuremberg Trials began. Soviet SMERSH officers Leonid Kozlovtsev, Krasilnikov, and Khelipsky arrived in Nürnberg, Germany, presumably to help oversee the Soviet prosecution team. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

26 Nov 1945

Germany

The Soviet Governmental Commission on Nuremberg Trials ordered the Soviet prosecution team in Nürnberg, Germany not to discuss issues such as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the annexation of the Baltic States, Polish borders, etc. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

29 Nov 1945

Germany

Films of concentration camp atrocities were shown at the Nuremberg Trials in Germany. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

8 Dec 1945

Germany

An assassination attempt on Mikhail Likhachev failed in Nürnberg, Germany. His driver Buben died when the Horch 951 limousine was shot up while Likhachev was not in the vehicle. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

23 Jan 1946

Germany

The hearing against Hans Fritzsche began in Nürnberg, Germany. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

1 Feb 1946

Germany

Soviet prosecutors in Nürnberg, Germany brought out Friedrich Paulus and Erich Buschenhagen by surprise as witnesses in the war crimes trials. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

7 Feb 1946

Photo(s) dated 7 Feb 1946

Hermann Göring, Rudolf Heß, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Karl Dönitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, and Fritz Sauckel at the Nuremberg Trials, Germany, 7 Feb 1946, photo 2 of 2

11 Mar 1946

Germany

Soviet chief prosecutor Roman Rudenko sent a letter to US chief prosecutor Robert Jackson, asking the US prosecution team in Nürnberg, Germany not to bring up the topics of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, borders with Poland, and other sensitive issues. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

12 Mar 1946

Germany

Herman Göring's attorney Dr. Otto Stahmer convinced the war crimes tribunal in Nürnberg, Germany to investigate further into the Soviet version of the description of the Katyn massacre. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

24 Mar 1946

Germany

Soviet prosecutor Yurii Pokrovsky escorted Nikolai Zorya's body from Nürnberg, Germany to Leipzig, Germany; the documentation Pokrovsky carried noted that Zorya was a private rather than his actual rank of major general. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

25 Mar 1946

Germany

Rudolf Hess' attorney Dr. Alfred Seidl brought evidence concerning the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact to the war crimes trial in Nürnberg, Germany. The evidence would not be allowed to be entered. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

21 May 1946

Germany

Rudolf Hess' attorney Dr. Alfred Seidl visited Soviet prosecutor office in Nürnberg, Germany and spoke with Major General of Justice Nikolai Zorya. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

23 May 1946

Germany

Soviet Major General of Justice Nikolai Zorya was found killed in his hotel room with a gunshot wound to his head. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

25 May 1946

Germany

Rudolf Höss was driven to the airport of Nürnberg (Nuremberg), Germany and was placed on a US aircraft for his transfer to Polish authorities at Warsaw, Poland. ww2dbase [Rudolf Höss | Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

28 Jun 1946

Germany

Hans Fritzsche denied all accusations against him while in court in Nürnberg, Germany. When Roman Rudenko reminded him that he had previously signed a confession, Fritzsche told the court that he had been forced to sign it. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

1 Jul 1946

Germany

Prosecutors of Allied nations cross-examined witnesses in Nürnberg, Germany regarding the Katyn massacre. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

2 Jul 1946

Germany

Prosecutors of Allied nations cross-examined witnesses in Nürnberg, Germany regarding the Katyn massacre. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

26 Aug 1946

Germany

Walter Schreiber appeared as a witness at the Nuremberg Trials in Germany. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Walter Schreiber | Nürnberg | CPC]

1 Oct 1946

Germany

At the end of the major war crimes trial in Nürnberg, Germany, 12 were given death sentences, 4 were given prison sentences, and 3 were acquitted. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

16 Oct 1946

Photo(s) dated 16 Oct 1946

Corpse of Hermann Göring, Palace of Justice, Nürnberg, Germany, 16 Oct 1946; he had committed suicide by ingesting cyanide on the previous date

31 Jan 1947

Germany

The Bavarian de-Nazification tribunal in Nürnberg, Germany sentenced Hans Fritzsche to nine years of hard labor. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

27 Oct 1948

Germany

Georg von Küchler was given a 20-year prison sentence for atrocities committed against captured Soviet partisan fighters. ww2dbase [Georg von Küchler | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis

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