1944 – German-born, Anne Frank and her family, who had been hiding in German-occupied Holland, are found by the Gestapo and transported to various concentration camps. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/anne-frank-and-her-family-arrested-by-gestapo
1937 – Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_6
1918 – In the skies over Vauz sur Somme, France, Manfred von Richthofen, at the age of 25, the notorious German flying ace known as “The Red Baron,” is killed by Allied fire. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/red-baron-killed-in-action
