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President Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler Chancellor of Germany
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In Germany, Jew and non-Aryans are banned from practicing law and working in the civil services. Later they will be banned from a variety of professions including farming, art, literature, journalism, music and theater. Between 1933-1939 over 1400 anti-Jewish laws will be passed in Germany.
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Germany passes law restricting college enrollment of Jews. Similar legal discrimination already exists in the United States.
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In Germany, legislation is passed making the Nazi party the only legal political party. The Law for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseases is also passed, providing for the serilization of unfit parents and the "euthanasia" of "the defective" and "useless eaters."
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Hitler assumes the presidency of Germany when Hindenburg dies and thus gains full control of the government.
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In Germany, the first Nuremberg Laws are passed revoking citizenship from Jews and prohibiting them from marrying non-Jews.
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Nuremberg Race Laws
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German troops march unopposed into the Rhineland
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Germany signs military agreement with Japan.
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Following Anschluss which joined Germany and Austria, Jews in Austria were persecuted and victimised.
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Kristallnacht (nationwide pogrom in Germany)
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Jews were made to pay one billion marks for the damage caused by Kristallnacht.
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The Jewish refugee ship the St. Louis arrives in Belgium after being denied access to Cuba and the United States. Most of the passengers are eventually murdered by the Nazis.
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Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Agreement
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Jews in Poland were forced to sew a yellow star onto their clothes so that they could be easily identified.
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Germany invades Denmark and Norway
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Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing units) shoot nearly 3,000 Jews at the Seventh Fort, one of the 19th-century fortifications surrounding Kovno
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Germans begin the mass deportation of more than 65,000 Jews from Lodz to the Chelmno killing center
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14 Nazi leaders attend a short meeting to discuss the elimination of the remaining European Jews. The genocidal plan is dubbed "The Final Solution."
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Germans begin the mass deportation of about 440,000 Jews from Hungary
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The gas chambers at Auschwitz were used for the last time
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Death march of nearly 60,000 prisoners from the Auschwitz camp system in southern Poland
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Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz camp complex
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Faced with impending defeat, Hitler committed suicide
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Germany surrendered and the war in Europe was over
