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Nazis began constructing and sending Jews to concentration camps in 1933. The sending of Jews to camps and the construction of camps existed for many years after that. -
On this date, President von Hindenburg named Adolf Hitler the chancellor of Germany. This was one of the most significant events in Hitler's reign of power, as this gave him more power and more persuasion over the people of Germany. -
Nazis sponsor the Enabling Act which allowed Hitler to to enact laws, including ones that violated the Weimer Constitution. Hitler was able to enact all of these laws without the approval of anyone else. -
Members of the SA blocked the entrances to Jewish businesses with discriminating signs. This mild kind of persecution rapidly led to more extreme methods of persecution.
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This law that was passed limited the number of Jews in public schools and universities.
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Adolf Hitler abolishes the governmental Office, become the absolute dictator of Germany. No one has the ability to limit his power.
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After the death of President von Hindenburg, Hitler officially becomes the president of Germany.
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The Nuremburg Laws include the Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for Protection of German Blood and German Honor. Germany's 'parliament' was made up entirely of Hitler's Nazis, making the laws easier to have been passed. The citizenship laws not only identified Jews as religious peoples, but also as an entire race. The Protection of German Blood and Honor Law made it illegal for a Jew to marry a non-Jew.
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Translated to "Crystal Night," but more commonly known as "The Night of Broken Glass," this night was organized by the Nazi party and others who were an extension of them. Jewish synagogues were burned, they looted the homes and businesses of Jews, and killed almost one hundred Jews.
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Authorities established the first ghetto in Poland. Nazis sent Jews here as a way to control and segregate them from the "master race". Ghettos were overcrowded, unhygienic, and disease-ridden.
