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Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany.
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First concentration camp established at Dachau, Germany for political opponents.
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First anti-Jewish laws passed. Jews are no longer allowed to be public employees (teachers, post office workers, government workers).
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Jewish teachers to be discharged.
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Nazis organize a nationwide bocott of Jewish-owned buisnesses in Germany.
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Jews expelled from choir clubs.
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Nazis burn books of those considered un-Germen. This introduces the idea of censorship and government control of culture.
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Nazi government declared "racial laws", making Jews non-citizens and forbidding marriage between Jews and non-jews. these laws are commonly known as NURMBERG LAWS.
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Jewish musicians prohibited from performing.
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Marriages between citizens of German blood and Jews punished with prison. Marriages contracted despite this are void.
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The conversion from Judaism to Christianity has no bearing on race--based on birth one was still considered a Jew.
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The summer Olympic games are held in Berlin, Germany. the Nazis remove anti-Jewish signs from public display and restrained anti-Jewish activity to avoid internationl criticisim.
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Jews were not allowed to graduate.
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Aryan and non-Aryan children can't play together.
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Germany annexes Austria (Anschluss). Thousands of Austrian Jews flee due to harsh anti- Jewish actions that follow.
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In a nationwide pogron (attack) called Kristallnacht, the nazi and their collaborators burn synagogues and loot Jewish homes and buisnesses.Approximately 30,000 Jewish men imprisoned in concentration camps.
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Jews cannot be self employed in any trade.
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Jews not allowed to go to movies, operas and concerts.
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Jewish children no longer allowed to attend public schools.
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Jew's last will and testaments are no longer valid.
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Jews not allowed to leave their home after 8:00 pm; 9:00 pm in summer.
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German troops invade Ploand, marking the beginning of WW2.
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Nai government begins program to kill mentally and physically disabled people in a "euthanasia" program known as the "T-4 Program."
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German authorities begin forced deprtation of Jews from West Prussia, Poznan, Danzig and Lodz to locations in the General Government (formerly Poland).
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Jews not eligible for clothing rations.
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German troops invade the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France.
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Jews allowed to shop for food between 4 pm and 5 pm only.
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All Jews to perform forced labor.
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Jews not allowed to have pets
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German troops invade the Soviet Union.
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Jews not allowed to use public libraries.
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Jews over six years of age to wear yellow star with word "Jew".
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German mobile killing squads, Einsatzgruppen, were assigned to identify, concentrate, and kill Jews behind the front lines.
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Jews over the age of 6 who residde in Germany wear a yellow Star of David in public at all times.
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Jews not allowed to use public transportation, if crowded. They are only permitted to sit down when none of the other passengers are standing.
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19. Jews need police approval to leave the neighborhoods in which they reside.
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Germany to the ghettos of Lodz, Riga, and Minsk begins
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Jews had to hand in drivers licenses.
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gassing operations began at the Cheimno killing center.
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Nazi officials meet in Wannsee too organize the Final Solution (mass murder of Jews in europe).
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Jewish home must display "Jewish Star".
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Jews have to turn in electrical appliances, bicycles, typewriters, and records
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Jews not allowed to go to school.
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Jews not to obtain eggs with their ration cards.
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First direct deportation to Auschwitz.
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First direct deportation to Auschwits.
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Jews cannot testify in court against Germans.
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Supplying Jews with meat, meat products prohibited.
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Jews not allowed to buy books.