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The Nazi Party gains control of Germany.
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Hitler ordered the purge of the top leadership of the SA, the Nazi Party paramilitary formation.
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A new German law mandates the forced sterilization of those who have mental and physical disabilities.
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Adolf Hiter becomes the president of Germany.
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Adolf Hitler becomes the absolute dictator of Germany.
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The Nuremberg Laws of 1935 led to a new wave of antisemitic legislation that brings segregation.
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Josef Goebbels and Julius Streicher open the antisemitic exhibition at the library of the German Museum in Munich, Germany.
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From March 11–13, 1938, German troops invaded Austria and incorporated Austria into the German Reich. This event is known as "Anschluss."
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As a response to a Jew harming a soldier for disrespecting his parents, members of the Nazi Party and other Nazi formations burned synagogues, loot Jewish homes and businesses, and kill at least 91 Jews.
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A new German decree shuts down all Jewish owned businesses.
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Germany invaded Poland, which was the first act of World War II.
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Britain and France declare war on Germany.
