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The Holocaust
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Hitler is appointed chancellor of Germany
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First Concentration Camp
Dachau opens to imprison political prisoners. -
Nazi begin bans
Jews, Communists, and other "undesirables" are banned from civil services. -
Nuremberg Race Laws
Jews were deprived of citizenship, banned from voting, marriage, and other civil rights. -
World War II begins
Germany invades Poland. Britain and France declare war on Germany on Sept. 3 -
Ethanasia Project begins
Nazi begin euthanasia of patients with mental illness, hereditary diseases, and disabilities. Ghettos are created in Poland to isolate Jewish populations. -
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Auschwitz is opened in Poland. -
Einsatzgruppen
Mobile killing squads begin murdering hundreds of thousands Jews -
Hitler commits suicide
Hitler kills himself after Auschwitz and other concentration camps are liberated -
War in Europe ends
Germany surrenders. World War II ends in August the same year.
