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Hindenburg appoints Hitler Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler is named the Chancellor of Germany. Under Hitler, Germany soon would start World War II with the invasion of Poland and would start rounding up Jews for what we now know as the Holocaust. -
FDR inaugurated
FDR is the 32 elected president into U.S. office. His famous line is "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." -
Dachau, the first concentration camp, is established in Germany
Although not the most famous, it was the innitial concentration camp, established to hold political prisoners of the Third Reich, only a minority of whom were Jews, Dachau expanded to hold a diverse population of people targeted by the Nazis. It became a model concentration camp. -
Adolf Hitler seizes power in Germany
Hitler's powerful speaking skills attracted a wide following of Germans desperate for change. With this newfound power he promised better life and a new and better Germany. Hindenburg was reduced to a figurehead. -
Germany withdraws from the League of Nations
The Leauge of Nations ended the First World War. It was the first international organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. Germany withdrawing from such an elite organization basically means they are willing to fight and have removed the peace that had been established between them. -
Germany passes law restricting college enrollment of Jews
Jews felt the effects of decrees and regulations that restricted all aspects of their public and private lives, including education. Many of those laws were national ones that had been issued by the German administration and affected all Jews. -
First Nuremberg Laws Passed
Nuremburg Laws revoked citizenship from Jews and prohibiting them from marrying non-Jews. They were introduced at the annual Nuremberg Rally of the Nazi Party. People were classified as Jews if they had three or four Jewish grandparents. A person with one or two Jewish grandparents was "mixed blood" The Nuremberg Laws made it easier to esacpe being considered a Jew since there were so many different qualifications. -
Berlin Olympic Games
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Berlin Olympic Games
Hitler's hosting of these Opympic Games served well for camoflauging his anti-semetic views and goals. He expected that the Games would bedazzle many foreign spectators and journalists with an image of a peaceful, tolerant Germany, rather than someone to fear stealing all of your territory. -
Japan Invades China
The Second Sino-Japanese War was when China fought Japan with some economic help from Germany, the Soviet Union, and the United States. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the war became a leading cause to WWII. -
Germany Signs Military Agreement with Japan
The article III signed between Germany and Japan reads as following, "The Japanese and German texts are each valid as the original text of this Agreement. The Agreement shall come into force on the day of its signature and shall remain in force for the term of five years. The High Contracting States will, in a reasonable time before the expiration of the said term, come to an understanding upon the further manner of their co-operation. In witness whereof the undersigned, duly authorized by thei -
Romanian Jews Stripped from their Citizenship
This is when they missed the first wave of Nazi's decitizenization. Romanian's now became aware of the orgional struggles Jews were facing. They reached struggles one faced to become worth nothing. This was also a part of the Nuremburg Laws. -
Anschluss: Austria is annexed by Germany
Austria was annexed into the German Third Reich.There had been several years of pressure by supporters in both Austria and Germany for the "Heim ins Reich" movement. Under considerable pressure from both Austrian and German Nazis, Austria's Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg tried to hold a reffordum on the vote. -
Kristallnacht
The Night of the Broken Glass. Nazis violently attack Jews and destroy Jewish property. Jews are killed and others are beaten. Local business' and stores were vandilized and destroyed. All non Jews were encouraged to buy from ONLY non Jew family stores. -
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
This was announced in Moscow and made sure the two countries would have peace. By signing this pact, Germany had protected itself from having to fight a two-front war in the soon-to-begin World War II. The Soviet Union was awarded land. The pact was broken when Nazi Germany attacked the Soviets. -
Germany invades Poland from the west
One of Adolf Hitler's first major foreign policy initiatives after coming to power was to sign a nonaggression pact with Poland. This move was not popular with many Germans who supported Hitler. Hitler sought the nonaggression pact in order to neutralize the possibility of a French-Polish military alliance against Germany before Germany had a chance to get ready for them.
