The East Germans initiate the construction of the Berlin Wall on August 13.

The Potsdam (Germany) Conference on July 16 to August 2 is the fourth and last Allied Conference on war strategy and the post-war world.

On November 9, Kristallnacht begins in Germany and results in the deaths of 91 Jews, the removal of 30,000 Jewish men to concentration camps, and the wholesale destruction of Jewish owned property.new nike air max 2019