-
President Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler Chancellor of Germany.
The Nazi party takes power in Germany. Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor,or prime minister of Germany.- Nazis ‘temporarily’ suspend civil liberties. -
SS opens the Dachau concentration camp outside of Munich.
SS establishes a camp named Dauchau that they kept all of medice and prisoners, the camp was divided in two halfs one for clergy imprisoned for opposing the Nazi regime and one reserved for medical experiments, Dachau prisoners were used as forced laborers -
Hitler dictatorial powers
German Parliament passes Enabling Act giving Hitler dictatorial powers. -
Boycott of Jewish-owned shops and businesses in Germany.
After the Nazis came to power in Germany on January 30, 1933, the Nazi leadership decided to stage an economic boycott against the Jews of Germany.In 1933, about 600,000 Jews lived in Germany, less than one percent of the total population. Most Jews in Germany were proud to be Germans, citizens of a country that had produced many great poets, writers, musicians, and artists. More than 100,000 German Jews had served in the German army during World War I, and many were decorated for bravery. -
establishing law
Law for the Reestablishment of the Professional Civil Service. -
Burning books
Burning of books in Berlin and throughout Germany. -
Declared party in Germany
Nazi Party is declared the only legal party in Germany; Also, Nazis pass Law to strip Jewish immigrants from Poland of their German citizenship -
Owning land
Nazi prohibit jews fromn owning land. -
Prohibited
Jews are prohibited from being newspaper editor. -
Law against criminals
Nazis pass a Law against Habitual and Dangerous Criminals, which allows beggars, the homeless, alcoholics and the unemployed to be sent to concentration camps. -
German labor front
Jews are banned from the German Labor Front -
Health insurance
Jews not allowed national health insurance. -
Night of long knives
The Night of Long Knives occurs as Hitler, Göring and Himmler conduct a purge of the SA (storm trooper) leadership. -
SA
The SS is made an independent organization from the SA. -
Legal qualifications
Jews are prohibited from getting legal qualifications. -
German president
German president dies. -
New powers
Hitler gets 90 percent of vote from German voters approving his new powers. -
Liberation of Paris
Liberation of Paris. -
Military
Nazis ban Jews from serving in the military. -
Hereditary diseases
Nazis pass law allowing forced abortions on women to prevent them from passing on hereditary diseases. -
Race Laws
Nuremberg Race Laws against Jews decreed. -
Rhineland
Nazis occupy the Rhineland. -
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler is appointed chief of the German Police. -
Olympic Games
Olympic games begin in Berlin. Hitler and top Nazis seek to gain legitimacy through favorable public opinion from foreign visitors and thus temporarily refrain from actions against Jews. -
Eternal Jew
'Eternal Jew' travelling exhibition opens in Munich. -
Passports
Law requires Jewish passports to be stamped with a large red "J." -
Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass
A massive, coordinated attack on Jews throughout the German Reich on the night of November 9, 1938, into the next day, has come to be known as Kristallnacht or The Night of Broken Glass. -
Businesses
Law for compulsory Aryanization of all Jewish businesses. -
Emigrationof Jewa
SS leader Reinhard Heydrich is ordered by Göring to speed up the emigration of Jews. -
Threatening Jews
Hitler threatens Jews during Reichstag speech -
WAR ON GERMANY
Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. -
Denmark and Norway
Germany invades Denmark and Norway. -
Western Europe
Germany attacks western Europe (France and the Low Countries). -
France and Hitler
France signs an armistice with Hitler. -
Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain begins. -
Yugoslavia and Greece
Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece. -
the Soviet Union
Germany invades the Soviet Union. -
United States
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor and the United States declares war the next day. -
Cloths with yellow stars
Jews in France, Holland, Belgium, Croatia, Slovakia, Romania ordered to wear yellow stars. -
Deportation
A lot of deportations happened in 1942 -
Warsaw ghetto uprising begins
Event that happened in Warsaw ghetto and caused a lot of Jews to die. -
Battle of Kursk
Battle of Kursk. -
Liberation of Paris
Liberation of Paris. -
Death of Adolf Hitler
Death of Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler killed himself by gunshot on 30 April 1945 in his Führerbunker in Berlin. His wife Eva (née Braun) committed suicide with him by taking cyanide.
