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The Nazi Party wins 230 seats in German parliamentary elections, becoming the largest party represented.
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Nazi Party has more than one million members by August.
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Adolf Hitler begins the Holocaust
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One of the first concentration camps was Dachau
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The Nazis instigated their first action against German Jews by announcing a boycott of all Jewish-run businesses.
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Adolf Hitler declares himself president and chancellor of the Third Reich after the death of Paul von Hindenburg.
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First major wave of arrests of homosexuals occurs throughout Germany.
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"No Jews" signs and notices are posted outside German towns and villages, and outside shops and restaurants.
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The Nuremberg Laws began to exclude Jews from public life.
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Jewish doctors are no longer permitted to practice in government institutions in Germany.
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The Olympic Games take place in Berlin. Anti-Jewish signs ("Jews Not Welcome") are removed until the Games are completed.
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Further restrictions are imposed on the number of Jewish students that are allowed to attend German schools.
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Buchenwald concentration camp opens.
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The German government announces Jews must carry identification cards.
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All Jewish children are expelled from German schools and can attend only separate Jewish schools.
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The German army invades Poland and World War II begins.
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Hitler extends powers to doctors to kill institutionalized mentally and physically disabled persons in the "euthanasia" program.
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The German army invades and defeats Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and France.
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The Warsaw ghetto is established.
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Gypsy and African-German children are expelled from public schools.
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Romania passes law condemning adult Jews to forced labor.
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The German government closes all Jewish schools.
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All Jews in concentration camps in Germany are sent to death camp at Auschwitz.
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The inmates at Treblinka rebel.
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The Danish citizens smuggle most of the nation's Jews to neutral Sweden.
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The Nazis begin deportation of Hungarian Jews. Over 430,000 Jews are sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau where most are gassed.
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German officers fail and are caught in an attempt to assassinate Hitler.
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Adolph Hitler commits suicide in his bunker in Berlininstead of being caught by the advancing Soviet army.
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Germany surrenders and war in Europe is ended.
