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Germany loses World War One to the British, French and Americans.
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Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles, which blamed them for the war. They were given restrictions, such as the military can't be bigger than 100,000 people.
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Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist Party.
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Stock Market on Wall Street crashes.
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Germans elect Nazis making them the 2nd largest political party in Germany.
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Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany.
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The Reichstag building, seat of the German government, burns after being set on fire by Nazis. This enabled Adolf Hitler to seize power under the pretext of protecting the nation from threats to its security.
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The first camps: Dachau in southern Germany near Munich, Buchenwald in central Germany near Weimar, and Sachsenhausen near Berlin in the north.
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On March 23, 1933, the newly elected members of the German Parliament met in the Kroll Opera House in Berlin to consider passing Hitler's Enabling Act. It was officially called the 'Law for Removing the Distress of the People and the Reich. If passed, it would effectively mean the end of democracy in Germany and establish the legal dictatorship of Adolf Hitler.
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Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription.
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Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany.
