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Adolf Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany.
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Hitler proclaims himself Fuhrer und Reichskanzler (leader and Reich Chancellor). Armed forces must now swear allegiance to him.
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Jews barred from serving in the German armed forces.
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Jewish doctors barred from practicing medicine in German institutions
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Buchenwald concentration camp opens
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Anschluss (incorporation of Austria): all antisemitic decrees immediately applied in Austria
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Hitler in Reichstag speech: "if war erupts it will mean the Vernichtung (extermination) of European Jews"
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Germans occupy Denmark and southern Norway