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Adolf Hitler is appointed chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg
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Hitler attacks the leadership of the SA (Stermabteilung) in the Night of the Long Knives
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Hitler announces the Nuremberg Laws. Under the "Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honor" Jews are not allowed to marry or have sexual relations with Germans
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Hitler and the Nazi officials host the 1936 Olympics in Germany. Hitler views this as a perfect opportunity to promote a favourable image of Nazism to the world. For this event only, Nazis disguise outward signs of anti-Semitism.
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On Kristallnacht, the "Night of Broken Glass" Nazis violently attack Jews throughout Germany and Austria destroying Jewsih property all the while arresting 30,000 Jews. Thousands of synagogues were set on fire.
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The St. Louis is a ship crowded with 930 Jewish refugees that gets rejected and is refused entry into Cuba, the United States, Canada and several other countries eventually forcing its way back to Germany.
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Hitler invades Poland from the west, officially starting World War Two. Hitler uses the tactic Blitzkrieg (lightning war) to win the invasion and rule over Poland
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General Governer Hans Frank issues an ordinance that Jews ten years and older have to wear the yellow Star of David
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Nazzi official Reinhard Heydrich chairs the Wannsee Conference of Nazi government officers to discuss the Final Solution-to eliminate the entire Jewry race from Germany.
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Nazis conduct death marches from Nazi concentration camps and prisoners of war camps to camps inside Germany away from front lines and Allied forces to remove any evidence
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