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Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
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The Holocaust
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First concentration camp is opened
Dauchau, the first concentration camp, was opened in central Germany. Arbeit Macht Frei was the phrase written on the gate of Dachau. It means "Work Will Set You Free." -
Nuremburg Race Laws
The Nuremburg Race Laws defined a non-Aryan as "anyone descended from non-Aryan, espescially Jewish, parents or graanparent. One parent or grandparent classifies the descendant as non-Aryan espescially if one parent or grandparent was of Jewish faith." -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht, otherwise known as "The Night of Broken Glass," was a night when Nazis destroyed synagogues, Jewish homes, and Jewish owned businesses. -
First ghetto established
Germans establishe a ghetto in Poland when Jews were rounded up and forced to live. -
Deportation of Jews from ghettos to Chelmno killing center begins
Germans began deporting Jews from ghettos to Chelmno where they were exterminated. -
Death march from Auschwitz
Nearly 60,000 prosiners from Auschwitz to the west. The prosoners were forced to travel in severely cold conditions and were brutally treated by the guards. -
Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz concentration camp
Soviet forces liberated Auschwitz, the largest killing center and concentration camp, in January 1945. The Soviets discovered personal belongings of the victims and sweverat thousand pounds of human hair in the warehouses of the camp. -
Adolf Hitler commits suicide
Hitler committed suicide in his bunker by shooting himself with a pistol. -
Germany surrenders
Germany surrenders to the Soviets and the war in Eurpoe is ended.
