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Hindenburg's son acquiesced and he formally appointed Hitler as Germany's chancellor. -
Outside the town of Dachau, Germany, the SS establishes its first concentration camp to incarcerate political opponents. -
This is claimed to be a reaction towards the anti-Nazi boycott. -
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Hitler abolishes the office of President and declares himself Führer of the German Reich and People, in addition to his position as Chancellor. Hitler now becomes the absolute dictator of Germany; there are no legal or constitutional limits to his authority. -
A set of laws that stated that only full Germans were granted the protection of the government. -
The Treaty of Versailles said that Germany was not allowed to station an army there, but Hitler took the risk. -
The Reich Ministry of the Interior invalidates all German passports held by Jews. Jews must surrender their old passports, which will become valid only after the letter “J” has been stamped on them. -
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It is the largest ghetto in both area and population, confining more than 350,000 Jews. -
The ghetto was in an area of small primitive houses and no running water. It had two parts, called the “small” and “large” ghetto, separated by Paneriu Street. Each ghetto was overcrowded, enclosed by barbed wire, and closely guarded. -
In response to the attack, the United States declared war on Japan. Following Germany's declaration of war on the United States, the United States also declared war on Germany. -
US, British, and Canadian troops land on the beaches of Normandy, France. By mid-August, Allied troops had encircled and destroyed much of the German army in Normandy (Falaise pocket) and by late August, Free French forces liberated Paris. -
As Soviet forces near his command bunker in central Berlin Adolf Hitler commits suicide. Berlin falls to the Soviets within days.