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Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor
The Nazi Party assumes control of the German state when German President Paul von Hindenburg appoints Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler as Chancellor at the head of a coalition government. -
Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor
Nazi Party assumes control of the German state when German President Paul von Hindenburg appoints Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler as Chancellor at the head of a coalition government. -
Röhm Affair
Hitler directs the SS to murder SA Chief of Staff Ernst Röhm and his top commanders. The SS also murders several conservative critics of the Nazi regime including Hitler’s predecessor as Chancellor, General Kurt von Schleicher. -
Nuremberg Race Laws
The Nuremberg Laws of 1935 herald a new wave of antisemitic legislation that brings immediate and concrete segregation. -
Buchenwald Concentration Camp Opens
Buchenwald becomes one of the largest concentration camps established within the old German borders of 1937. -
Anti-Jewish Laws in Hungary
Hungary adopts comprehensive anti-Jewish laws and measures. -
Exclusion of Jews from German Economic Life
A new German decree closes all Jewish-owned businesses -
German Invasion of Poland
Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe.
