1933: Opening of the Nazis' first concentration camp On this day in 1933, soon after Adolf
Hitler became chancellor, the first concentration
camp in Germany
opened at Dachau,
where at least 32,000 people died and many others were transported
to extermination
camps in Poland.
Foto: Roll call
of Roma (Gypsy) prisoners at the Dachau concentration camp in
Germany.
After the death of his first minister, Cardinal
Mazarin, French King
Louis XIV took sole control of government. Up until then, the
Cardinal was the one who wielded power over France. On the 10th of
March 1661, Louis' reign as absolutist monarch began. His claim to
ultimate state power was best characterized by the quote, "I am the
state". During his reign he waged wars against Spain, Holland and
other countries. He died in
Versailles.