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hitler is appointed chancellor of germany by president hindenburg.
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Boycott of Jewish-owned shops and businesses in Germany.
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hitler breaks the treaty of versailles and breaks the military size restriciton of 100,000 and raises his army size to 300,000.
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the nuremberg laws are passed, jews and germans are prohibited from marrying and denied jews german citizenship rights.
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conscription is introduced and applied. only those of the "aryan" race could join armed forces
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kristallnacht or "night of broken glass" occurs and jewish stores and synagogues are plundered and destroyed.
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Germany invades poland and starts world war 2
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germany invades the soviet union by military force even though there was a soviet-union nonaggression pact.
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Einsatzgruppen (mobile firing squads) shoot 34,000 Jews at Babi Yar, outside Kiev.
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The nazi germans oficially declare war on the United States.
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the soviet troops liberate jews at kiev
