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President Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler Chancellor of Germany
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Boycott of Jewish-owned shops and businesses in Germany
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Germany introduces military conscription
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Nuremberg Race Laws
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German troops march unopposed into the Rhineland
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Germany incorporates Austria in the Anschluss (Union)
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Munich Agreement
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Kristallnacht (nationwide pogrom in Germany)
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Germany invades Poland, starting World War II in Europe
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Germans establish a ghetto in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland
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Germany invades Denmark and Norway
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Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece
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Germany invades the Soviet Union
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(mobile killing units) shoot nearly 3,000 Jews at the Seventh Fort, one of the 19th-century fortifications surrounding Kovno
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Einsatzgruppen shoot about 34,000 Jews at Babi Yar, outside Kiev
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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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Germans begin the deportation of more than 65,000 Jews from Drancy, outside Paris, to the east (primarily to Auschwitz)
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Rescue of Jews in Denmark
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Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz camp complex
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U.S. troops cross the Rhine River at Remagen
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The Soviets launch their final offensive, encircling Berlin
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American forces liberate the Dachau concentration camp
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide
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Germany surrenders to the western Allies
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Germany surrenders to the Soviets
