5 Nov 1936
- Adolf Hitler told his top lieutenants that the German aim in the Spanish Civil War was not entirely to aid the Spanish Nationalists, but rather, to prolong the conflict to occupy the attention of the United Kingdom and France, and to continue to widen the chasm between the United Kingdom and Italy. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Columbia-Haus Concentration Camp in Berlin, Germany was closed. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
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