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August 5, 1931

On August 5, 1931, judge and Nazi Party member Werner Best drews the Boxheim Documents, which described a violent takeover of the government by the NSDAP. Virginia McKenna, Virginia McKenna, Virginia McKenna would arrive in the same year.

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1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1931st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 931st year of the 2nd millennium, the 31st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1930s decade.

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  1. 1931 Judge and Nazi Party member Werner Best drews the Boxheim Documents, which described a violent takeover of the government by the NSDAP.

    Far-right political party in Germany (1920–1945)

    The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party, was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism. Its precursor, the German Workers' Party, existed from 1919 to 1920. The Nazi Party emerged from the extremist German nationalist, racist, and populist Freikorps paramilitary culture, which fought against communist uprisings in post–World War I Germany.

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Virginia McKenna 1931– English actress and author
Virginia McKenna 1931– English actress and author
Virginia McKenna 1931– English actress and author
Virginia McKenna 1931– English actress and author

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