Reich Minister of Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels delivers a speech at the Berlin Sportpalast
Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-J05235, photographer: Schwahn, Ernst
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27 September 1942
In another BBC radio address, Thomas Mann appeals to the German people to denounce the mass murder of Jews.18 February 1943
In a speech at Berlin's Sportpalast Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels declares "total war".15 April 1943
Premiere of the film Hangmen also die by Fritz Lang, the Austrian director who emigrated to the US. The film, which deals with the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, also features a number of exiled actors, including Alexander Granach.30 April 1943
Jews are stripped of German citizenship.1 July 1943
Jews in Germany are placed under police law. They no longer have recourse to legal redress and so lose any protection under the law.
Establishment of the National Committee for a Free Germany involving Walter Ulbricht, among othersBundesarchiv, Bild 183-B1003-0018-002, photographer: not stated12 July 1943
The National Committee for a Free Germany is established in Krasnogorsk near Moscow, comprised of exiled members of the German Communist Party and German prisoners of war.28 November 1943
Beginning of the Tehran ConferenceThe British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran to discuss the establishment of a second front in the west.January 1944
The War Refugee Board is established on the initiative of American President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The WRB aims to assist the victims of the Nazi dictatorship throughout the world.3 April 1944
Wieland Herzfelde, in collaboration with writers Bertolt Brecht, Oskar Maria Graf, Heinrich Mann and others, establishes the Aurora publishing house in New York, which is to provide a platform for exiles living in the US.6 June 1944
The landing of Allied troops in Normandy signals the start of D-Day.