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Here used to be the Imperial Archives

January 1st - August 1st, 1936

An unfortunate fire in the Imperial Archives has destroyed all records from January to August, 1936. Here be some of the salvaged records:

On January 4th, a lone gunman assassinated Alexander Kerensky. The Mansheviks won the resulting emergency Duma elections.

On February 4th, Black Monday, the Berlin Stock Market crashed, leading to large-scale economic crisis.

On March 28th, Prince Adolf II of the tiny Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe dies on a visit to Mexico.

On April 18th, the Freie Arbeiten Union Deutschlands, or FAUD, an anarcho-syndicalist organization in Germany, was banned and it's leaders arrested.

On May 17th, 'Mein Kampf', the diary of Sergeant Adolf Hitler written during the Russian intervention is released, becoming an instant best-seller.

Other Events

August - December, 1936

On August 11, a strange man in a cloak arrived at Berlin, sneaking past the Japanese embassy into the Reichstag, he requested an immediate audiance. The man informed the German government that he was an envoy from the united Korean resistance and that they were requesting equipment from Germany in order to launch an organized rebellion. After brief debating, it was decided to supply the Korean rebels, if only to keep the Japanese occupied.

On September 5th, the Swedish elections were held and the radical leftists under Zeth Höglund came into power.

The Korean rebellion was launched on December 5th, taking control of all of South Koren with the help of German weapons smuggled from China. Japanese troops moved to crush the rebellion.





The Chief of General Staff, Hans von Seeckt, died on December 28th and given a state funeral. Days later, on January 3rd, 1937, 86-year old General August von Mackensen, veteren of the Franco-Prussian War and commander in the Great War announced his official retirement from the German Army.