Public burning of books written by Jews, political dissidents, and others not approved by the state
Hitler proclaims himself Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Reich Chancellor). Armed forces must now swear allegiance to him
"Nuremberg Laws": anti-Jewish racial laws enacted; Jews no longer considered German citizens; Jews could not marry Aryans; nor could they fly the German flag
Jews barred from serving in the German armed forces
Sachsenhausen concentration camp opens
Buchenwald concentration camp opens
17,000 Polish Jews living in Germany expelled; Poles refused to admit them; 8,000 are stranded in the frontier village of Zbaszyn
Jews across Western Eurpe are being forced into ghettos and more rights are taken away.
France surrenders
80-85% of all the Jewish people who would die in the Holocaust already have been murdered.
Nazi officials discuss the "Final Solution" to the government officials.
Hitler is defeated and World War II ends in Europe.
Hitler takes over Hungary and begins deporting 12,000 Hungarian Jews each day to Auschwitz where they are murdered.