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the holocaust 1931-1939
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the beginning of Hitler
The appointment of Adolf Hitler as German chancellor on January 30, 1933, the Nazi state quickly became a regime in which citizens had no guaranteed basic rights. Also at this time the Nazi party was created. -
Hitler orders a purge
German army commanders, whose support he would need to become President, Hitler directs the SS to murder SA Chief of Staff Ernst Rohm and his top commanders.The SS also murders several conservative critics of the Nazi regime including Hitler’s predecessor as Chancellor, General Kurt von Schleicher. -
Nuremberg Race Laws
The Nuremberg Race Laws consisted of two pieces of legislation the Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor a session of the Nazi Reichstag passed both laws at the Party’s rally in Nuremberg, Germany. -
Jesse Owens Competes in Olympic Games
African Americans dominated the popular track and field events many American journalists hailed the victories of Jesse Owens and other blacks as a blow to the Nazi myth of Aryan supremacy. -
Buchenwald Concentration Camp Open
SS authorities open the Buchenwald concentration camp for male prisoners in east-central Germany together with its many satellite camps, Buchenwald was one of the largest concentration camps established within German borders.An electrified barbed-wire fence, watchtowers, and a chain of sentries outfitted with automatic machine guns, surrounded the main camp. The SS often shot prisoners in the camp stables and hanged other prisoners in the crematorium area. -
Anti-Jewish Laws in Hungary
Hungary adopts comprehensive anti-Jewish laws and measures, excluding Jews from many professions hungarian racial laws passed between 1938 and 1941 were modeled on Germany’s Nuremberg Laws the laws reversed the equal citizenship status granted to Jews in Hungary in 1867.