Hindenburg is elected President in Germany defeating Nazi Party candidate Adolph Hitler, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) is elected president of the United States.
Hindenburg is elected President in Germany defeating Nazi Party candidate Adolph Hitler, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) is elected president of the United States.
Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor of Germany, 21st Amendment to the Constitution ends Prohibition.
Several thousand Americans attend a pro-Nazi rally in Queens. New York
Hitler assumes the presidency of Germany when Hindenburg dies and thus gains full control of the government.
In Germany, the first Nuremberg Laws are passed revoking citizenship from Jews and prohibiting them from marrying non-Jews
Italy invades Ethiopia
Spanish Civil War begins
Formation of the Rome-Berlin Axis
Japan invades China.
Germany signs military agreement with Japan
Romanian Jews are stripped of their citizenship
Jews eliminated from the economy in Germany. Their assets can be seized
The Jewish refugee ship the St. Louis arrives in Belgium after being denied access to Cuba and the United States. Most of the passengers are eventually murdered by the Nazis.
Germany invades Poland from the west
The deportations of German Gypsies to concentration camps in the east begins.
Italy declares war on Britain and France
Soviet Union renews pact with Germany
Over 62,000 Jews are murdered in western Russia
14 Nazi leaders attend a short meeting to discuss the elimination of the remaining European Jews. The genocidal plan is dubbed "The Final Solution."
Germans advancing in Russia and start the Leningrad offensive on the 28th
17 German Generals surrender to the Soviets at Stalingrad
Italy declares war on Germany
German offensive against Anzio Beachhead
Soviet troops experience success against the Germans in the Crimea