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Biographies
Adenauer, Konrad
Baader, Andraes
Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich
Brauchitsch, Walter von
Braun, Werner von
Dertinger, Georg
Doenitz, Karl
Elser, Georg
Endrigkeit, Christine
Ensslin, Gudrun
Frederick II the Great
Fromm, Friedrich
Fuchs, Klaus
Goering, Herman
Gortz, Georg Heinrich von
Guderian, Heinz
Henry IV
Henry VI
Hess, Rudolph
Himmler, Heinrich
Hitler, Adolf
Hoess, Rudolf Franz Ferdinand
Honecker, Erich
Jager, Heinz
Jobst of Moravia
Jodl, Alfred
Kesselring, Albrecht
Kleist, Paul Ludwig Ewald von
Krosigk
List, Siegmund Wilhelm von
Lorenz, Peter
Louis I the Pious
Ludendorf, Erich von
Luther, Martin
Mackensen, August von
Manstein, Fritz Erich von
Manteuffel, Hasso von
Marx, Karl Heinrich
Meinhof, Ulrike
Mengele, Josef
Muller, Heinrich
Nehring, Walter Kurt Josef
Neurath, Constantin Freiher von
Niemoller, Frederich Gustav Emil Martin
Niemoller, Martin
Otto von Nordheim
Papen, Franz von
Rohm, Ernst
Rupert of the Rhine
Schacht, Horace Greeley Hjalmar
Schoerner, Ferdinand
Schumacher, Kurt
Skorzeny, Otto
Speer, Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert
Th„lmann, Ernst
Wenceslas
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History of Germany

              


0833
Louis I the Pious
Paris Deserted by his army & imprisoned by his eldest son Lothar who acts as sole ruler
1062
Otto von Nordheim
Takes part in the kidnapping of Henry
1105
Henry IV
Arrested by his younger son Henry but escapes
1192
Henry VI
Captures Richard I on his return from the Crusades , a large ransom is demanded
1394
Jobst of Moravia
Wenceslas is captured & imprisoned by Jobst of Moravia, his cousin
1394
Wenceslas
Wenceslas is captured & imprisoned by Jobst of Moravia, his cousin
1521
Luther, Martin
Captured for his own safety by Duke Frederick of Saxony
1638
Rupert of the Rhine
10th Oct Vloto Captured by the Imperial forces during Charles Louis ' invasion of the Palatinate
10th Oct Linz Imprisoned at Linz Castle, 1638-1641
1641
Rupert of the Rhine
Dec Linz Released by Emperor Ferdinand III at the instigation of Archduke Leopold William
1719
Gortz, Georg Heinrich von
Arrested by Frederick I after the death of Charles XII
1730
Frederick II the Great
Kustrin Placed under suspended sentence of death by his father, Frederick William I of Prussia
5th Aug Kustrin Fails to escape from the captivity of his father, Frederick William I of Prussia
1848
Marx, Karl Heinrich
Cologne Arrested on charges of inciting armed rebellion, acquitted
1874
Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von
4th Oct Count Arnim is arrested after the discovery of a plot to replace Bismarck by him
1918
Mackensen, August von
Nov Neusatz Imprisoned by the French after the Armistice until December 1919
1919
Hitler, Adolf
27th April Red Guards attempt to arrest Hitler
1919
Mackensen, August von
Dec Neusatz Released by the French after the Armistice
1921
Hitler, Adolf
14th Sep Hitler and SA disrupt speech by Otto Ballestedt of the Bayernbund; beaten badly; Hitler with others arrested
1922
Hitler, Adolf
Stadelheim Released following reaction in Bavaria to 5 the Law for the Protection of the Republic
12th Jan Adolf Hitler sentenced to three months
4th June Stadelheim Says "2,000 yrs ago the mob of Jerusalem dragged a man to execution in just this way"
1923
Goering, Herman
Arrested for part played in the Beer Hall Putsch
1923
Hess, Rudolph
Berlin Arrested for part played in the Beer Hall Putsch
1923
Hitler, Adolf
1st April Landsberg Imprisoned for 5 yrs in Landsberg fortress
27th July Hitler is released
11th Nov Uffing Arrested in Austria for part played in the Beer Hall Putsch
11th Nov Landsberg Held in Landsberg fortress
1923
Jager, Heinz
Berlin Arrested for refusing to sell his farm near the Berghof for Hitler's mountain lair
1923
Ludendorf, Erich von
Berlin Arrested for his part in the Munich Beer Hall putsch
1924
Hess, Rudolph
Landsberg Gives himself up for part played in the Munich Beer Hall putsch
Landsberg Imprisoned for 6 months alongside Hitler in Landsberg Prison
1924
Hitler, Adolf
20th Dec Landsberg Released from Landsberg prison after serving 9 months of a 5 yr sentence
1927
Niemoller, Frederich Gustav Emil Martin
Dec The leader of the Protestant opposition to the German Chris tians is arrested
1933
Hess, Rudolph
30th June Munich Rounds up SA leaders in Munich & arrests them
1933
Hitler, Adolf
2nd May Berlin Trades Union leaders are put in concentration camps
1933
Schumacher, Kurt
Dachau Arrested & sent to Dachau
1933
Th„lmann, Ernst
The Enabling Act, legally gives Hitler dictatorial control of Germany, passed by a Reichstag session held after the Communist deputies had been arrested and jailed
The KPD is suppressed by the Nazis, thousands of Communists are imprisoned in concentration camps, including Th„lmann
1934
Adenauer, Konrad
Arrested by the Gestapo
1934
Hitler, Adolf
30th June Bad Wiesse Confronts Rohm, accuses hime of organizing a rebellion & has him arrested
30th June Bad Wiesee Confronts Rohm & has him & other SA leaders arrested
30th June Orders the arrest & execution of all rivals to him within the Nazi Party
July Berlin More than 150 SA leaders are arrested & executed
1934
Rohm, Ernst
30th June Bad Wiesse Arrested alongside othe SA leader & held in a prison cell in Munich
1937
Hitler, Adolf
Dec Over 800 Protestant pastors are arrested
Dec The leader of the Protestant opposition to the German Chris tians is arrested
1937
Niemoller, Frederich Gustav Emil Martin
Leader of the Protestant opposition, arrested for opposition to the Nazi regime
1938
Hitler, Adolf
9th Nov Berlin 26,000 male Jews arrested
1938
Muller, Heinrich
Nov Berlin Orders the Gestapo to target wealthier Jews, more than 20,000 are taken into custody
1939
Elser, Georg
Nov Dachau Arrested for trying to blow up Hitler, imprisoned in Dachau
1941
Hess, Rudolph
10th May Arrested by the British & held as a POW
1943
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich
Arrest of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
1943
Hitler, Adolf
12th Sep A German commando unit led by Colonel Skorzeny captures Mussolini from the Italians
1943
Niemoller, Martin
Arrest of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
1943
Schumacher, Kurt
Released from Dachau
1943
Skorzeny, Otto
12th Sep A German commando unit led by Colonel Skorzeny captures Mussolini from the Italians
1944
Adenauer, Konrad
Cologne Arrested because of his opposition to Hitler
1944
Braun, Werner von
Mar Arrested by Himmler on trumped up charges
Mar Werner von Braun is soon released following the intervention of Albert Speer
1944
Fromm, Friedrich
July Orders the arrest & court-martial of von Stauffenberg to cover his own involvement
21st July Arrested by order of Heinrich Himmler
1944
Goering, Herman
Surrenders to the USAforces
1944
Schumacher, Kurt
Arrested after the July plot to kill Hitler
1944
Speer, Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert
Mar Werner von Braun is soon released following the intervention of Albert Speer
1945
Brauchitsch, Walter von
Brauchitsch is arrested by the Americans but later dies while awaiting trial
1945
Braun, Werner von
Surrenders to the Americans & allowed to continue his research in the USA
1945
Guderian, Heinz
Arrested but released after not being charged with any war crimes
1945
Himmler, Heinrich
25th May Arrested by British troops
1945
Jodl, Alfred
22nd May Rheims Jodl & Donitz are arrested by the Allies
1945
Kleist, Paul Ludwig Ewald von
Kleist is captured by United States forces, he ie was sent to communist Yugoslavia to face alleged war crimes charges in 1946
1945
Krosigk
Imprisoned for 10 years for war crimes
1945
Manstein, Fritz Erich von
Arrrested by the British & held until 1953
1945
Nehring, Walter Kurt Josef
Imprisoned for 2 years
1945
Papen, Franz von
April Ruhr Arrested in the Ruhr by the Allies
1945
Schacht, Horace Greeley Hjalmar
7th May Obbacio Rescued from a POW camp at Prager Wildsee by the British 5th Army
1945
Schoerner, Ferdinand
Imprisoned by the Russians for 10 years for war crimes
1946
Doenitz, Karl
Nuremberg Germa Sentenced to 10 yrs imprisonment, released 30 September 1956
1946
Hoess, Rudolf Franz Ferdinand
Arrested by Allied military police, under the name of Franz Lang
1946
Mengele, Josef
Arrested by the Allies but mistakenly released
1948
List, Siegmund Wilhelm von
Imprisoned for war crimes in the Balkans during Word War II
1950
Fuchs, Klaus
Arrested for passing information to the USSR
1st Mar Sentenced to serve 7 yrs in prison
1952
Kesselring, Albrecht
Pardoned & freed
1953
Dertinger, Georg
Arrested as a spy, held until 1954
1954
Neurath, Constantin Freiher von
1st Oct Spandau Released from Spandau prison
1956
Doenitz, Karl
30th Sep Doenitz is released from prison
1959
Manteuffel, Hasso von
Found guilty of shooting a deserter in 1944
1966
Speer, Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert
Spandau Albert Speer is released from Spandau
1968
Baader, Andraes
The leader of a "Red Army faction", arrested & forcibly released by a Meinhof campaign
1970
Baader, Andraes
4th April Berlin The leader of a "Red Army faction", arrested
14th May Berlin Meinhof & Mahler shoot their way into the Social Affairs Institute & release Baader
1972
Baader, Andraes
June The leaders are arrested, after 6 murders, 50 attempted murders & numerous bank raids
1972
Ensslin, Gudrun
June Stuttgart The Read Army Faction members are jailed individually in solitary confinement in the newly constructed high security Stammheim Prison in the north of Stuttgart
1972
Meinhof, Ulrike
June Stuttgart The Read Army Faction members are jailed individually in solitary confinement in the newly constructed high security Stammheim Prison in the north of Stuttgart
1975
Lorenz, Peter
Released for five Red Army Faction prisoners & DM 20,000
1976
Baader, Andraes
Baader is arrested
1988
Endrigkeit, Christine
11th Jan Berlin Arrested for bombing La Belle Disco in 1986 which led to the USAbombing of Tripoli
1989
Honecker, Erich
Dec Expelled from the Communist Party, following allegations of corruption
Dec Placed under House arrest for treason, corruption & abuse of power

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