12 Sep 1938

- On the closing date of the annual Nürnberg, Germany rally, Adolf Hitler spoke of striving for justice for Sudeten Germans. In France, General Maurice Gamelin reported to Prime Minister Édouard Daladier noting that the French military could easily overwhelm German defenses should France respond militarily to any German threats on Czechoslovakia. ww2dbase [Munich Conference and the Annexation of Sudetenland | CPC]
- Germany forbade Jews from attending public cultural events. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | CPC]


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