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The first concentration camp
The first concentration camp was established at Dachau, by Heinrich Himmler, in his then capacity as police president of Munich. -
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One-day boycott
The Nazi Party announces a one-day boycott of Jewish businesses, with the slogan "Germans, beware! Do not buy from Jews!" -
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Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service
Non-Aryan public servants who are not of Aryan descent are to be retired, honorary officials are to be dismissed from official status, non-Aryan lawyers may not be allowed to pass the bar. -
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Quotas on the admission of Jews to school and universities
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Burning of books
Over 20,000 books written by Jews and other works found offensive to the Nazi regime are publicly burned in a ceremonial bonfire in Berlin. -
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The Nuremberg Laws
The Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for the Protection of the German Blood and of the German Honour were proclaimed in the city of Nuremberg. -
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Extension of anti-Jewish laws into Austria
Following the Anschluss of Germany and Austria, German anti-Jewish legislation was extended in Austria and enforced immediately. -
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The Evian conference on refugees
Eleven days after the Anschluss, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an invitation to 33 countries to attend a conference at the French resort town of Evian-Las-Bains to consider arrangements to accommodate the flood of Jewish refugees seeking to leave Germany and Austria. -
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Deportation of Polish Jews
17,000 Polish-born Jews living in Germany were expelled by the Nazi government and were transported to the German-Polish border. -
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Exclusion from schools and further segregation
Jewish children were expelled from all schools. Train, waiting rooms and restaurants were segregated and Jews began to be segregated in seperate housing blocks. -
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"Aryanisation" of Jewish Businesses
All remaining Jewish owned businesses, factories and shops were seized and either closed or transferred to "Aryan" hands are artificially low prices achieved through violence and extortion against their Jewish owners.