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The Treaty of Versailles ended the World War 1 is presented to Germany.
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Hitler and the Nazi Party unsuccessfully tried to overthrow the Weimar Republic. This event became known as the Beer Hall Putsch.
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Hitler declares the reformulation of the Nazi Party and installs himself as leader
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Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany a nation with a Jewish population of 566,000
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Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated President of the United States.
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The first concentration camp is established in Nazi Germany at Dachau. The first prisoners are political opponents.
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Nazi leadership stages an economic boycott targeting Jewish-owned businesses and the offices of Jewish professionals.
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The German parliament (Reichstag) passes the Nuremberg Laws, institutionalizing many of the Nazis’ racial theories and providing the legal grounds for the persecution of Jews in Germany.
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Nazis arrest 17,000 Jews of Polish nationality living in Germany, then expel them back to Poland which refuses them entry, leaving them in 'No-Man's Land' near the Polish border for several months.
