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Adlof Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany.
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The first concentration camp was established in Dachau, Germany for political opponents.
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Nazis organized a boycott of Jewish- owned businesses in Germany.
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First anti-Jewish laws were passed. They were no longer allowed to be public employees.
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Jewish teachers to be discharged.
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Nazis burned books of those not considered German. This idea introduced censorship and government control of culture.
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Jewish musiscians are no longer allowed to perform.
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Nazi government declared "racial laws" making Jews non-citizens and making marriage between Jews and non-Jews illegal. Known as nuremburg laws.
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The summer olympics were held in Berlin. The Nazis removed anti-Jewish signs from public display and restrained anti-Jewish activities to avoid international criticism.
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Germany annexes Austria. Thousands of Austrian Jews flee due to harsh anti-Jewish actions that follow.
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Streets with Jewish names to be changed.
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Jews had to add the middle name "Sarah'' or ''Isreal.''
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Passports of Jews to be stamped with ''J.''
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In a nationwide attack called Kristallnacht, Nazis and their collaborators burn synagogues and loot Jewish homes and businesses. About 30,000 Jewish men were put into concentration camps.
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Jews not allowed to go to movies, operas, or concerts.
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Jews cannot be self employed in any trade.
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Jewish children no longer allowed to go to public schools.
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Jews had to hand over driver's liscenses.
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Jews are no longer able to use swimming pools.
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Jews have to turn in gold, siver, platinum, and pearls.
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German troops invade Poland, beginning WW2.
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Jews not allowed to leave their home after 8:00; 9:00 in the summer.
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Jews had to turn in radios.
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Nazi government begins to kill mentally and physically disabled people in a ''euthannsia'' program known as the ''T-4 Program.''
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German authorities began forced deportation of Jews from West Prussia, Poznan, Danzig, and Lodz to locations in the General Government (former Poland).
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Jews not eligible for clothing rations.
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German troops invade the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemborg, and France.
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Jews only allowed to shop between 4 and 5 PM for food.
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German troops invade the Soviet Union.
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Jews not to obtain soap or shaving cream with ration cards.
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Jews not allowed to use public libraries.
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German mobile killing squads, Einsatzgruppen, were assigned to identify, concentrate, and kill Jews behind the front lines.
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jews over the age of 6 who reside in Germany had to wear the yellow Star of David in public at all times.
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Jews not allowed to use public transportation if it is crowded. Jews are not allowed to sit if other non-Jews are standing.
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Deportation of Jews from Germany to the ghettos of Lodz, Riga, and Minsk begins.
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Jews no longer allowed to emigrate.
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Gasing operations begin at the Chelmno killing center.
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Jews not allowed to use public telephones.
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Nazi officials meet in Wannasee to organize the Final Solution (mass murder of Jews in Europe.)
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Bakeries and cnady stores are off limits for Jews.
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Jews no longer allowed to buy magazines or newspapers.
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Jews must display a Star of David in their homes.
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Jews not allowed to have pets.
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Jews have to turn in electrical appliances, bicycles, typewriters, and records.
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First direct deportation of Jews to Auschwitz.
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Jews cannot testify in court against Germans.
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Supplying Jews with meat or meat products is prohibited.
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Jews not allowed to buy books.
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Jews not allowed to have milk.
