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Period: to
Holocaust
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Presidential election under Weimar Republic in Germany gives 30.1 percent of the vote to Adolf Hitler, head of the NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers Party, i.e., Nazis). The incumbent president, Field Marshall Hindenburg, receives 49.6 percent.
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German national elections for delegates to the Reichstag (Parliament) result in Nazis attaining 230 seats or 38 percent. Social Democrats received 21 percent, Communists 15 percent, Catholic Center 12 percent, numerous other parties combined 14 percent.
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Nazis burn Reichstag building to create crisis atmosphere
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Nazis open Dachau concentration camp near Munich
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The Night of Long Knives
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Jews are prohibited from getting legal qualifications
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Nazis ban Jews from serving in the military
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Nuremberg Race Laws against Jews decreed
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Nazis occupy the Rhineland
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Heinrich Himmler is appointed chief of the German Police
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Jews prohibited from working in any office in Germany.
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"The Eternal Jew"
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Nazis order Jews to register wealth and property.
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Nazis order Jewish-owned businesses to register.
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Nazis force Jews to hand over all gold and silver items
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Yellow stars required to be worn by Polish Jews over age 10
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Rudolf Höss is chosen to be kommandant of Auschwitz (the camp)
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France signs an armistice with Hitler
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3,600 Jews are arrested in Paris
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Nazis invade Russia (Jewish pop. 3 million)
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First trainloads of Jews from Paris arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp
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German Jews are banned from using public transportation
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SS Dr. Josef Mengele arrives at Auschwitz.
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Jews in Rome rounded up, with over 1,000 sent to Auschwitz
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President Roosevelt issues the statement "crimes against humanity."
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Russian troops liberate camp Majdanek where over 360,000 had been murdered
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Russians liberate Budapest, freeing over 80,000 Jews
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Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker
