Historydraftbeta HistorydraftbetaWhat happened January 1945AD in Germany
Check most memorable events January 1945AD in Germany.Berlin, Germany Tuesday Jan 16, 1945 Martin Bormann
Hitler Transferred His Headquarters To The Führerbunker
Berlin, Germany Tuesday Jan 16, 1945 Hitler transferred his headquarters to the Führerbunker ("Leader's bunker") in Berlin on 16 January 1945, where he (along with Bormann, his secretary Else Krüger, and others) remained until the end of April.
Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Germany Tuesday Jan 23, 1945 Max Planck
Erwin (His son) was hanged
Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Germany Tuesday Jan 23, 1945 In 1944, Planck's son Erwin was arrested by the Gestapo following the attempted assassination of Hitler in the 20 July plot. He was tried and sentenced to death by the People's Court in October 1944. Erwin was hanged at Berlin's Plötzensee Prison in January 1945. The death of his son destroyed much of Planck's will to live.