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Hitler Takes Power
January 30, 1933: President Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler Chancellor of Germany. -
Concentration Camp Formed
On March 20, 1933, SS opens the Dachau concentration camp outside of Munich. -
Jews Lose Rights
On April 1, 1933, Boycott of Jewish-owned shops and businesses in Germany. -
Nuremberg Race Laws
On September 15, 1935, the Nuremberg Race Laws were created. -
Kristallnacht
Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. -
Invasion
The Nazis invade over seven countries in one year. -
Jews Extermination Begins
34,000 Jews are killed in Babi Yar outside of Kiev. -
Rounding Up Jews
Germans begin mass deportations of nearly 100,000 Jews from the occupied Netherlands to the east (primarily to Auschwitz). -
D-Day
Allied forces invade Normandy, France. -
Defeat
Between April 30, 1945 to May 9, 1945, Adolf Hitler commits suicide, Germany surrenders to the western Allies, and Germany surrenders to the Soviets.