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Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany
(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-is-named-chancellor-of-germany) A nation with a Jewish population of 566,000. -
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Yes
http://www.historyplace.com/Hitler receives a 90 percent 'Yes' vote from German voters approving his new powers. -
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Hungarian Army rounds up 18,000 Jews
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Mass killing
(http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/othercamps/auschwitzgaschambers.html) Mass killings of Jews using Zyklon-B begin at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Bunker I (the red farmhouse) in Birkenau with the bodies being buried in mass graves in a nearby meadow. -
German Army attack on Stalingrad
http://www.britannica.comBeginning of German Army attack on Stalingrad in Russia. -
Harvest Festival
www.ushmm.orgNazis carry out Operation Harvest Festival in occupied Poland, killing 42,000 Jews. -
First transports of Jews from Athens to Auschwitz
(http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org)
First transports of Jews from Athens to Auschwitz, totaling 5,200 persons. -
Russian troops liberate Auschwitz.
www.washingtonpost.comRussian troops liberate Auschwitz.By this time, an estimated 2,000,000 persons, including 1,500,000 Jews, have been murdered there.