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between 1933 and 1945 concentration camps were an integral feature of the Nazi regime. The number of prisoners in Dachau during these years exceeded to 188,000. The number of prisoners that died in the camp and its sub camps between January 1940 and May 1949 was at least 28,000. Dachau was the only concentration camp to remain in power during the entire period of the Nazi power. It is unlikely that the total number of victims who died in Dachau will ever be known.
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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. His Natzi party takes power and Hitler is the dictator of Germany.
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Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy form the Rome Berlin axis treaty
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Nazi Germany and imperial Japan sign the anti Comintern pact. This was a pact against communism and Russia.
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Japan invades China
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Hitler annexes the country of Austria into Germany. Also called the Anschluss
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German president Paul Von Hindenburgh dies. With support coming from the German armed forces Hitler becomes president of Germany and later that month Abolishes the office of president and declared himself "Führer" of the German Reich and people in addition to his position as chancellor. Hitler becomes the absolute dictator of Germany, there are no legal or constitutional limits to his authority.