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Hitler takes power over Germany
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, his Nazi party takes power and Hitler is now essentially dictator of Germany -
Reichstag fire
Reichstag fire, the German parliament building burned down due to arson -
Dachau concentration camp opens
the first Nazi concentration camp was opened with the arrival of about 200 prisoners -
Book Burnings
book burning, books deemed “un-German” were publicly burned throughout Germany -
October 1934-Prisoner count
24,000 prisoners in concentration camps -
Summer 1935-Prisoner count
3,800 prisoners in concentration camps -
September 1935-Nuremberg Laws
Nuremberg Laws make German Jews second-class citizens -
Prisoner count
4,761 prisoners in concentration camps -
Japan invades China
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Buchenwald concentration camp opens
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June 1938
first official execution in a concentration camp -
Mid November 1938-Prisoner count
50,000 prisoners in concentration camps -
March 1938- German annexation of Austria
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Kristallnacht
members of the Nazi party burn synagogues, loot Jewish homes and businesses killing at least 91 Jews -
Antisemitic legislation
a new German decree closes all Jewish-owned businesses -
first kindertransport arrives
first kindertransport arrives in Great Britain, Jewish parents send their unaccompanied children abroad to escape Nazi persecution -
Passports invalid
German Jews’ passports declared invalid -
Ghettos established
huge Jewish ghettos were established to house Jews taken from their homes -
World War II begins
Hitler invades Poland and World War II begins -
France and Great Britain declare war on Germany
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September 1941-Jews forced to wear star of David
the German government called for all Jews in German territory to wear the star of David -
1941-Jews went into hiding
once the Jews realized their lives were in danger many left the country or went into hiding -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Germany declares war against the USA
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World War II came to an end