1945World War II: Adolf Hitler's designated successor, Hermann Göring, sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of Nazi Germany. Martin Bormann and Joseph Goebbels advise Göring that the telegram is treasonous.^[†]

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany during the Nazi period from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934. His invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 marked the outbreak of the Second World War. Throughout his leadership in the ensuing conflict, he was closely involved in the direction of German military operations and the perpetration of the Holocaust—the genocide of about six million Jews and millions of other victims.

Headlines from April 23, 1945

Nuremberg Leader Slew Mayor, Himself

O'Dwyer Gaining for Mayoralty; Now Said to Be Active Aspirant; O'Dwyer Gaining for Mayoralty; Now Said to Be Active Aspirant

CONVENE QUICKLY; FOREIGN MINISTERS OF THE ALLIES CONFER IN WASHINGTON

U.S. ARMIES TENSE AS JUNCTION NEARS; First Suspends Artillery Firing to East While Ninth Names Officer to Meet Russians

GOVERNMENT ACTS TO INCREASE SUPPLY OF MEAT FOR PUBLIC; 10-Point Program Provides Higher Subsidies but No Rise in Retail Ceilings BIG CITIES CHIEF GAINERS Plan Announced by Davis Widens War on Black Mart and Aids Slaughterers

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