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March 20, 1933

On March 20, 1933, reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler orders the creation of Dachau concentration camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appoints Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant. Robert Bourassa, Dumaagiin Sodnom, Robert Bourassa would arrive in the same year.

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1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1933rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 933rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 33rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1930s decade.

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On March 20, 1933

  1. 1933 Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler orders the creation of Dachau concentration camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appoints Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant.

    German Nazi leader of the SS (1900–1945)

    Heinrich Luitpold Himmler was a German Nazi politician and military leader. He was the 4th Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel from 1929 to 1945. He was a leading member of the Nazi Party, and one of the most powerful figures in Nazi Germany.

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Robert Bourassa 1933– Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Premier of Quebec (died 1996)
Dumaagiin Sodnom 1933– Mongolian politician; 13th Prime Minister of Mongolia
Robert Bourassa 1933– Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Premier of Quebec (died 1996)
Dumaagiin Sodnom 1933– Mongolian politician; 13th Prime Minister of Mongolia
Robert Bourassa 1933– Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Premier of Quebec (died 1996)
Dumaagiin Sodnom 1933– Mongolian politician; 13th Prime Minister of Mongolia

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