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The Treaty of Versailles was the treaty which ended WWI
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Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nationalist Socialist Party.
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Adolf Hitler published his book Mein Kampf (My Struggle) on July 28th, 1925. He wrote his book while in prison for 5 years after a failed attempt to seize power in Munich in November, 1923. The book presents Hitler’s Social Darwinist worldview and reveals his hatred of Jews and bolshevists.
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On October 29th, 1929, the New York Stock Exchange crashed. The United States of America enters the Great Depression, following much of the World.
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Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in January 1933, a point which historians agree marks the beginning of the Third Reich.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt became the 32nd president of the United States. He would serve an unprecedented four terms until his death in 1945.
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The Enabling Act is passed in Germany, giving Hitler dictatorship powers.
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On January 26th, 1934, Germany and Poland signed a 10 year non-aggression pact.
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Under the Nuremburg Race Laws, all Jews in Germany are stripped of their rights in September of 1935.
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Germans were looking to expand their state and Poland was what they wanted next
