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Public burning of books written by Jews, political dissidents, and others not approved by the state
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Hitler proclaims himself Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Reich Chancellor). Armed forces must now swear allegiance to him
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"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
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Jews barred from serving in the German armed forces
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Sachsenhausen concentration camp opens
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Buchenwald concentration camp opens
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17,000 Polish Jews living in Germany expelled; Poles refused to admit them; 8,000 are stranded in the frontier village of Zbaszyn
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Jews across Western Eurpe are being forced into ghettos and more rights are taken away.
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France surrenders
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80-85% of all the Jewish people who would die in the Holocaust already have been murdered.
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Nazi officials discuss the "Final Solution" to the government officials.
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Hitler is defeated and World War II ends in Europe.
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Hitler takes over Hungary and begins deporting 12,000 Hungarian Jews each day to Auschwitz where they are murdered.