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The Nazi Party assumes control of the German state.
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Members of the Nazi Party and its affiliated organizations organize a nationwide boycott of Jewish-owned businesses in Germany.
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Hitler orders the purge of the top leadership of the SA, the Nazi Party paramilitary formation.
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Hungary adopts comprehensive anti-Jewish laws and measures.
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Robert Harlan witnessed Kristallnacht. He recorded his observations while traveling to help the parents of a Jewish friend whose house was ransacked.
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In desperation, Jewish parents send their unaccompanied children abroad to escape Nazi persecution.
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The St. louis , carrying Jews fleeing from Nazi Germany, departs for Havana, Cuba.
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The ghetto was enclosed by a wall that was over ten feet high, topped with barbed wire.