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Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany a nation with a Jewish population of 566,000.
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40,000 SA and SS men are sworn in as auxiliary police
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Nazis burn Reichstag building to create crisis atmosphere
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Emergency powers granted to Hitler as a result of the Reichstag fire
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Nazis open Dachau concentration camp near Munich, to be followed by Buchenwald near Weimar in central Germany, Sachsenhausen near Berlin in northern Germany, and Ravensbrück for women.
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German Parliament passes Enabling Act giving Hitler dictatorial powers
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Nazis stage boycott of Jewish shops and businesses
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Nazis issue a Decree defining a non-Aryan as "anyone descended from non-Aryan, especially Jewish, parents or grandparents. One parent or grandparent classifies the descendant as non-Aryan...especially if one parent or grandparent was of the Jewish faith.
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The Gestapo is born, created by Hermann Göring in the German state of Prussia.
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Burning of books in Berlin and throughout Germany.
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Nazi Party is declared the only legal party in Germany; Also, Nazis pass Law to strip Jewish immigrants from Poland of their German citizenship.
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Nazis establish Reich Chamber of Culture, then exclude Jews from the Arts
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Nazis prohibit Jews from owning land.
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Jews are prohibited from being newspaper editors.
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Nazis pass a Law against Habitual and Dangerous Criminals, which allows beggars, the homeless, alcoholics and the unemployed to be sent to concentration camps.
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Jews are banned from the German Labor Front
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Jews not allowed national health insurance.
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The Night of Long Knives occurs as Hitler, Göring and Himmler conduct a purge of the SA (storm trooper) leadership.
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The SS (Schutzstaffel) is made an independent organization from the SA.
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Jews are prohibited from getting legal qualifications.
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German President von Hindenburg dies. Hitler becomes Führer
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Hitler receives a 90 percent 'Yes' vote from German voters approving his new powers.
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Nazis ban Jews from serving in the military.
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Nazis ban Jews from serving in the military.
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Nazis pass law allowing forced abortions on women to prevent them from passing on hereditary diseases.
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Nazis force Jewish performers/artists to join Jewish Cultural Unions.
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Nuremberg Race Laws against Jews decreed
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The German Gestapo is placed above the law.
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SS Deathshead division is established to guard concentration camps
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Nazis occupy the Rhineland.
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Heinrich Himmler is appointed chief of the German Police.
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Olympic games begin in Berlin. Hitler and top Nazis seek to gain legitimacy through favorable public opinion from foreign visitors and thus temporarily refrain from actions against Jews.
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Nazis set up an Office for Combating Homosexuality and Abortions (by healthy women).
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Jews are banned from many professional occupations including teaching Germans, and from being accountants or dentists. They are also denied tax reductions and child allowances.
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'Eternal Jew' travelling exhibition opens in Munich
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Nazi troops enter Austria, which has a population of 200,000 Jews, mainly living in Vienna. Hitler announces Anschluss (union) with Austria.
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After the Anschluss, the SS is placed in charge of Jewish affairs in Austria with Adolf Eichmann establishing an Office for Jewish Emigration in Vienna. Himmler then establishes Mauthausen concentration camp near Linz.
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Nazis prohibit Aryan 'front-ownership' of Jewish businesses
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- SS begins cashing in possessions and valuables of Jews from Auschwitz and Majdanek. German banknotes are sent to the Reichs Bank. Foreign currency, gold, jewels and other valuables are sent to SS Headquarters of the Economic Administration. Watches, clocks and pens are distributed to troops at the front. Clothing is distributed to German families. By February 1943, over 800 boxcars of confiscated goods will have left Auschwitz.