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President Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler Chancellor of Germany.
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Night of broken glass- violence against Jews broke out across the Reich; In two days, over 250 synagogues were burned, over 7,000 Jewish businesses were trashed and looted, dozens of Jewish people were killed, and Jewish cemeteries, hospitals, schools, and homes were looted while police and fire brigades stood by
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Germany invades Poland, starting World War II in Europe.
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Germans begin the mass deportation of more than 65,000 Jews from Lodz to the Chelmno killing center, 65,000 Jews from Drancy, outside Paris, to the east (primarily to Auschwitz), 65,000 Jews from Drancy, outside Paris, to the east (primarily to Auschwitz), over 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw ghetto to the Treblinka killing center.
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September 12, 1942: Germans complete the mass deportation of about 265,000 Jews from Warsaw to Treblinka.
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Germans begin the mass deportation of about 440,000 Jews from Hungary.
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Allied forces invade Normandy, France
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Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz camp complex, and American forces liberate the Dachau concentration camp.
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Germany surrenders to the western Allies.
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Japan surrenders, ending the war.
