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Adolf Hilter is appointed chancellor of Germany
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Emergency powers are given to Hilter as a result of the Reichstag Building Fire.
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THe burning of the books occurs in Berlin and throughout Germany.
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Hilter recieves a 90% 'Yes' vote from German voters apporoving his new powers.
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Nazis ban jews from serving in the Military.
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Nazis destroy the Synagogue in Nuremburg
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Hilter threatens Jews during the Reichstag Speach.
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Forced labor decree issued for Polish Jews age 14 to 60
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The Warshaw Ghetto, containing 400,000 Jews, is sealed off.
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German Jews are forced into labor.
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The New York Times reports via the London Daily Telegraph that over 1,000,000 Jews have already been killed by Nazis.
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Open pit burning of bodies begins at Auschwitz in place of burial. The decision is made to dig up and burn those already buried, 107,000 corpses, to prevent fouling of ground water.
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Newly built gas chamber/crematory III opens at Auschwitz. With its completion, the four new crematories at Auschwitz have a daily capacity of 4,756 bodies.
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Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker.
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Opening of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal.
