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Japan begin takeover of Manchuria, which is later renamed Manchukuo.
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Hidenburg is elected President in Germany defeating Nazi Party candidate Adolph Hitler and another candidate.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt(FDR) is elected president of the United States
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Hindenburg appoints Hitler Chancellor of Germany
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FDR makes the first "fireside chat" speaking to the United States population over the radio
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Dachau, the first concentration camp, is established in Germany.
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Japan leaves the League of Nations Nazi Germany had withdraw earlier in the year.
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Adolph Hitler seizes power in Germany. Hidenburg is reduced to a figure head.
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In Germany, Jew and non-Aryans are banned from practicing law and working in the civil services. Later they will be banned from a variety of professions including farming, art, literature, journalism, music and theater.
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Several thousand Americans attend a pro-Nazi rally in Queens. New York.
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Germany passes law restricting college enrollement of Jews. Similar legal discrimination already exists in the United States.
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In Germany, 30,000 are now interned.
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In Germany, the first Nuremberg Laws are passed revoking citizenship from Jews and prohibiting them from marrying non-Jews.
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Italy invades Ethiopia
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Spanish Civil War begins
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Berlin Olympic Games. Nazis disguise outward signs of anti-Semitism
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Formation of the Rome-Berlin Axis
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Japan and Germany sign Anti-Comiterm Pact.
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Gemany signs military agreement with Japan
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Japan invades China
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FDR's Speech calls for international cooperation against aggression.
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Romanian Jews are stripped of their citizenship
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Austria is annexed by Germany.
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Jews eliminated from the economy in Germany. Their assets can be seized.
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The Jewish refugee ship the St.Louis arrives in Belgium after being denied access to Cuba.
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Germany invades Poland from the west.
