May 21st, 1939 (SUNDAY)
GERMANY: The first Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter (Cross of Honour of the German Mother) is awarded today by the Nazis. It is part of a programme to encourage German women to have large families and accompanies cash incentives. More...
Paul Cohn, a Jewish schoolboy, receives permission to join a 'KinderTransport' of Jewish refugee children bound for England to escape the Nazis. He will never see his parents again. More...