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List of events
Events in the year 1944 in
Germany .
Incumbent
National level
Head of State and
Chancellor
Events
4 January — World War II: The
Battle of Monte Cassino begins.
20 January — World War II: The
Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on
Berlin .
27 January — World War II: The 3-year
Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
29 January — World War II: The
Battle of Cisterna takes place.
15 February — World War II –
Battle of Monte Cassino : A monastery atop
Monte Cassino is destroyed by Allied bombing.
20 February — World War II: The "Big Week" begins with American bomber raids on German
aircraft manufacturing centers.
26 February — Holocaust: Shooting begins on the
Nazi propaganda film,
The Fuehrer Gives a Village to the Jews in
Theresienstadt .
15 March — World War II:
Battle of Monte Cassino :
Allied aircraft bomb German-held monastery and stage an assault.
17 March — World War II: The Nazis execute almost 400 prisoners, Soviet citizens and anti-
fascist Romanians at
Rîbniţa .
19 March — World War II: Germany's
Panzerfaust occupy Hungary.
23 March — World War II: Members of the
Italian Resistance attack
Nazis marching in Via Rasella, killing 33.
9 May — World War II: In the Ukrainian city of
Sevastopol , Soviet troops completely drive out German forces, who had been ordered by
Hitler to “fight to the last man.”
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12 May — World War II: Soviet troops finalize the liberation of the
Crimea .
15 May — Holocaust: Deportation of
Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz begins.
18 May — World War II:
Battle of Monte Cassino : The Germans evacuate
Monte Cassino and
Allied forces take the stronghold after a struggle that claimed 20,000 lives.
June — German
V-2
rockets on test from
Peenemünde become the first man-made objects to enter space. By the end of the month, more than 380,000 Hungarian Jews have been transferred to concentration camps - around half of the country's Jewish population.
4 June — World War II: A hunter-killer group of the
United States Navy captures the
German submarine U-505 , marking the first time a U.S. Navy vessel has captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
5 June — World War II: More than 1,000
British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the
Normandy coast in preparation for
D-Day .
5 June — The German Navy's
Enigma messages are decoded almost in real time.
6 June — World War II:
Battle of Normandy : Operation Overlord , commonly known as
D-Day , commences with the landing of 155,000
Allied troops on the beaches of
Normandy in
France . The Allied soldiers quickly break through the
Atlantic Wall and push inland, in the largest amphibious
military operation in history. This operation helps
liberate France from Germany, and also weakens the Nazi hold on
Europe .
10 June — World War II: 642 men, women and children are killed in the
Oradour-sur-Glane massacre in
France .
13 June — World War II: Germany launches a
V1 Flying Bomb attack on
England .
22 June — World War II:
Operation Bagration : A general attack by
Soviet forces clears the German forces from
Belarus , resulting in the destruction of German
Army Group Centre , possibly the greatest defeat of the Wehrmacht during World War II.
3 July — World War II: Soviet troops liberate
Minsk .
7 July — Holocaust: Hungarian Regent Horthy orders Jewish transports to Auschwitz halted; 437,000 Jews have already been deported, mostly to their deaths.
10 July — World War II: Soviet troops begin operations to occupy the
Baltic countries .
31 July — World War II:
Vilnius is liberated.
20 July — World War II:
Adolf Hitler survives an
assassination attempt , led by
Claus von Stauffenberg .
24 July — Holocaust:
Russian troops liberate the first concentration camp, at
Majdanek , where 360,000 Jews have been exterminated.
1 August — World War II: The
Warsaw Uprising begins.
2 August — World War II:
Turkey ends diplomatic and economic relations with Germany.
4 August — Holocaust: A tip from a
Dutch informer leads the
Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an
Amsterdam warehouse, where they find
Jewish diarist
Anne Frank and her family.
5 August — Holocaust:
Polish insurgents liberate a German
labor camp in
Warsaw , freeing 348
Jewish prisoners.
6 August — Holocaust:
Łódź , the last remaining Jewish ghetto in
Poland , is liquidated and 60,000 Jews are sent to Auschwitz.
19 August — World War II:
An insurrection starts in
Paris .
20 August — World War II: American forces successfully defeat
Nazi forces at
Chambois , closing the
Falaise Gap .
20 August — World War II: 168 captured
allied airmen , including
Phil Lamason , accused of being "terror fliers" by the
Gestapo , arrive at
Buchenwald concentration camp .
24 August — World War II:
Liberation of Paris : The Allies enter Paris, successfully completing
Operation Overlord .
25 August — World War II:
German surrender of Paris : General
Dietrich von Choltitz surrenders Paris to the Allies in defiance of Hitler's orders to destroy it.
25 August — World War II:
Maillé massacre : Massacre of 129 civilians (70% women and children) by the Gestapo at
Maillé, Indre-et-Loire .
25 August — World War II:
Hungary decides to continue the war together with Germany.
3 September — World War II: The Allies liberate
Brussels .
4 September — World War II:
Finland breaks off relations with Germany.
8 September — World War II:
London is hit by a
V-2 rocket for the first time.
2 October — Holocaust:
Nazi troops end the
Warsaw Uprising .
7 October — Holocaust: A revolt by Jewish slave labourers at Auschwitz-Birkenau results in the complete destruction of Crematory IV.
10 October — Holocaust:
Porajmos : 800
Romani children are systematically murdered at the
Auschwitz death camp.
14 October — World War II: German
Field Marshal
Erwin Rommel commits suicide rather than face execution for allegedly conspiring against
Adolf Hitler .
18 October — World War II: The
Volkssturm is founded on
Hitler 's orders.
20 October — World War II:
Belgrade is liberated by Yugoslav Partisans and the
Red Army .
21 October — World War II:
Aachen , the first German city to fall, is captured by American troops.
25 October — World War II: The
Red Army liberates
Kirkenes , the first town in
Norway to be liberated.
30 October — Holocaust: The last gassings take places at Auschwitz.
25 November — Holocaust: Himmler orders the destruction of the crematories at Auschwitz.
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16 December — World War II: Germany begins the
Ardennes offensive, later known as
Battle of the Bulge .
17 December — World War II: German troops carry out the
Malmedy massacre .
19 December — World War II: The entire territory of
Estonia is taken by the
Red Army .
31 December — World War II:
Hungary declares war on Germany.
Births
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(November 2011 )
4 January -
Judy Winter , German actress
9 January -
Harun Farocki , German filmmaker, author, and lecturer (died
2014 )
12 January -
Klaus Wedemeier , German politician
16 January -
Thomas Fritsch , German actor (died
2021 )
21 January —
Hasso Plattner , German entrepreneur
24 January —
Klaus Nomi , German singer (died 1983, USA)
31 January -
Uwe Kockisch , German actor
5 February -
Thekla Carola Wied , German actress
12 February -
Ortwin Runde , German politician
28 February —
Sepp Maier , German footballer
2 March —
Uschi Glas , German actress
15 March -
Josef Joffe , German publisher
20 March —
Erwin Neher , German biophysicist
21 March —
Gila von Weitershausen , German actress
6 April -
Bernd Spier , German singer (died
2017 )
7 April —
Gerhard Schröder , former
Chancellor of Germany
16 April —
Elmar Wepper , German actor
29 April -
Hermann Scheer , German politician (died
2010 )
30 April -
Rudi Assauer , German football manager and player (died
2019 )
3 May -
Renate Blume , German actress
4 May -
Monica Bleibtreu , German actress (died
2009 )
13 May -
Uwe Barschel , German politician (died
1987 )
15 May -
Ulrich Beck , German sociologist (died
2015 )
6 June -
Edgar Froese , German artist and electronic music pioneer (died
2015 )
19 June -
Amélie Mummendey , German social psychologist (died
2018 )
22 June -
Helmut Dietl , German film director and author
27 June -
Paul Koslo , German-Canadian actor (died
2019 , USA)
5 July -
Hendrik Born , German vice admiral (died
2021 )
6 July -
Bernhard Schlink , German jurist and writer
7 July -
Jürgen Grabowski , German footballer (died
2022 )
18 August -
Volker Lechtenbrink , German singer (died
2021 )
22 August -
Peter Hofmann German singer (died
2010 )
4 September —
Rüdiger Mielke , German footballer
14 September
15 September —
Jürgen E. Schrempp , German businessman
18 September —
Gunther Emmerlich , German operatic bass (died
2023 )
19 September —
Friedrich Christian Flick , German businessman and art collector
20 September —
Josef Bille , German physicist (died
2023 )
24 September
27 September -
Helmut Kosmehl , German handball player
29 September -
Lerke Osterloh , German judge
30 September -
Bernd Meinunger , German lyricist and record producer
3 October -
Roy Horn , German-born American magician and entertainer (died
2000 in the United States )
14 October -
Udo Kier , German actor
18 October -
Harry Blum , German politician (died
2020 in the United States )
28 October -
Anton Schlecker , German businessman
29 October -
Barbara Stamm , German politician (died
2022 )
12 November -
Liesel Westermann , German discus thrower
15 November -
Joy Fleming , German singer (died
2017 )
18 November -
Ibrahim Böhme , German politician (died
1999 )
18 November —
Wolfgang Joop , German artist, fashion designer and art collector
2 December -
Botho Strauß , German novelist and playwright
14 December -
Michael Glos , German politician
24 December -
Erhard Keller , German speed skater
Date not known
Deaths
Erwin Rommel
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(November 2011 )
9 January -
Kurt Hasse , German equestrian (born
1907 )
11 February —
Carl Meinhof , German linguist (born
1857 )
18 February -
Hermann Blau , German engineer and chemist, and inventor of Blau gas (born
1871 )
3 March -
Anton Geiss , German politician (born
1858 )
5 April —
Isolde Kurz , German painter (born
1853 )
13 April -
Hugo Graf von und zu Lerchenfeld auf Köfering und Schönberg , German politician (born
1871 )
21 April —
Hans-Valentin Hube , German army general (born
1890 )
5 May —
Bertha Benz , German automotive pioneer (born
1849 )
20 June -
Toni Merkens , German cyclist (born
1912 )
23 June —
Thomas-Emil von Wickede , Wehrmacht general and Knight's Cross recipient (born
1893 )
20 July —
Ludwig Beck , German general and Chief of the German General Staff (born
1880 )
21 July —
Claus von Stauffenberg , German military and resistance fighter (born
1907 ),
Henning von Tresckow (born
1901 ),
Heinz Brandt (born
1907 ),
Werner von Haeften (born
1908 ),
Friedrich Olbricht (born
1888 ) and
Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim (born
1905 )
22 July —
Günther Korten , German Colonel General and Chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe in World War II. (born
1898 )
23 July -
Max Nettlau , German historian (born
1865 )
23 July —
Eduard Wagner , general in the Army of Nazi Germany who served as quartermaster-general (born
1894 )
26 July —
Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven , colonel in the High Command of the German Armed Forces (born
1899 )
8 August —
Erwin von Witzleben ,
Paul von Hase and
Erich Hoepner
10 August —
Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg , aristocrat, lawyer and member of the
July 20 plot (born
1905 )
17 August —
Günther von Kluge , German field marshal (born
1882 )
18 August -
Ernst Thälmann , German politician (born
1886 )
23 August -
Carl Moritz , German architect (born
1863 )
26 August —
Adam von Trott zu Solz , German diplomat (executed) (born
1909 )
27 August —
Georg von Boeselager German nobleman and an officer in the Wehrmacht (born
1915 )
30 August —
Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel , German general in the Wehrmacht (born
1886 )
4 September —
Erich Fellgiebel German Army general (born
1886 )
4 September -
Fritz Thiele , member of the German resistance who served as the communications chief of the German Army (born
1894 )
8 September -
Ulrich Wilhelm Graf Schwerin von Schwanenfeld , German landowner, officer, and resistance fighter against the Nazi régime (born
1902 )
8 September -
Ulrich von Hassell , German diplomat (born
1881 )
14 September -
Heinrich Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten , German major general and resistance fighter (born
1882 )
16 September —
Gustav Bauer ,
Chancellor of Germany (born
1870 )
17 September —
Friedrich Zickwolff , Wehrmacht general (born
1893 )
22 September —
Fritz Lindemann , German officer in the Wehrmacht (born
1894 )
29 September —
Otto Herfurth , Wehrmacht general, Knight's Cross recipient and July 20 conspirator (born
1893 )
1 October —
Rudolf Schmundt , German officer in the Wehrmacht and adjutant to Adolf Hitler (born
1896 )
7 October -
Diego von Bergen , German diplomat (born
1872 )
14 October —
Erwin Rommel , Wehrmacht Field Marshall (born
1891 )
19 October -
Erich Koch-Weser , German lawyer and politician (born
1875 )
24 October —
Karl Freiherr von Thüngen , German general in the Wehrmacht (born
1893 )
26 October -
Joseph Fischer , German cartographer (born
1856 )
28 October -
Kurt Gerron , actor (born
1897 )
10 November -
Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg , German diplomat (born
1875 )
13 November -
Paul Graener , German composer and conductor (born
1872 )
19 November -
Ludwig Dettmann , painter (born
1865 )
30 November -
Max Halbe , German dramatist (born
1865 )
19 December —
Rudolph Karstadt , German entrepreneur (born
1856 )
20 December —
Caesar von Hofacker , German Lieutenant Colonel and member of the 20 July plot against Adolf Hitler (born
1896 )
References
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