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Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Von Hindenburg.
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"Nuremberg Laws": first anti-Jewish racial laws enacted; Jews no longer considered German citizens; Jews could not marry Aryans; nor could they fly the German flag.
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June 17: Reichführer SS Himmler (chief of the SS units) appointed the Chief of German Police.
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Buchenwald concentration camp opens
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Adolf Eichmann establishes the Office of Jewish Emigration in Vienna to increase the pace of forced emigration
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Beginning of World War II: Germany invades Poland. In the following weeks, 16.336 civilians are murdered by the Nazies in 714 localities. At least 5,000 victims were Jews.
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Anti-Jewish riots in Romania, hundreds of Jews butchered.
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Group of German officers attempt to assassinate Hitler
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Japan surrenders; end of World War II