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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).