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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Nuremberg Laws of 1935 herald a new wave of antisemitic legislation that brings immediate and concrete segregation.
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Buchenwald becomes one of the largest concentration camps established within the old German borders of 1937.
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Hungary adopts comprehensive anti-Jewish laws and measures.
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A new German decree closes all Jewish-owned businesses
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Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe.
