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Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Von Hindenburg. -
First official concentration camp
The first official Nazi concentration camp opens in Dachau. -
Boycott of Jewish
Boycott of Jewish shops and businesses. -
Germany withdraws
Germany withdraws from the League of Nations. -
Legislation passed
In Germany, legislation is passed making the Nazi party the only legal political party. -
Hitler makes himself leader
Hitler proclaims himself leader and reich chancellor. -
Numemberg laws passed
In Germany, the first Numemberg Laws are passed revoking citizenship from Jews and prohibiting them from marrying non-Jews. -
Germany defines a "Jew"
Germany defines a "Jew" as anyone with three Jewish grandparents; someone with two Jewish grandparents who identifies as a Jew. -
Sachsenhausen opens
Sachsenhausen concentration camp opens. -
Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War begins. -
Buchenwald opens
Buchenwald concentration camp opens. -
Japan invades
Japan invades China. -
Romanian Jews are stripped
Romanian Jew are stripped of their citizenship. -
17,000 Polish Jews
17,000 Polish Jews living in Germany expelled. -
Ravensbruck opens
Ravensbruck concentration camp opens. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland from the west beginning of World War II. -
Britain declares war on Germany
Britain declares war on Germany at 11am. France declares war on Germany six hours later. -
Process of moving Jews
In Poland, the process of moving the Jewish population into ghettos begins. -
Atomic bomb
Albert Einstein and others inform FDR of the possibility of creating an atomic bomb. -
Japanese attack
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. -
Britain and USA declare war
Britain and the United States declare war on Japan. Japan invades Malaya. -
Liquidation
Liquidation of Krakow ghetto. -
Bomb planted
Bomb planted by Count von Stafenberg fails to kill Hitler. -
Death march
Death march of inmates of Buchenwald. -
V-J
V-J Day. -
End of WWII
Japan surrenders, end of World War II.