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Hitler appointed chancellor
The Nazi Party assumes control of the German state. -
anti jewish boycott
Members of the Nazi Party and its affiliated organizations organize a nationwide boycott of Jewish-owned businesses in Germany. -
Rohm affair
Hitler orders the purge of the top leadership of the SA, the Nazi Party paramilitary formation. -
anti jewish laws in hungary
Hungary adopts comprehensive anti-Jewish laws and measures. -
american students reflect
Robert Harlan witnessed Kristallnacht. He recorded his observations while traveling to help the parents of a Jewish friend whose house was ransacked. -
first kinder transport arrives in britian
In desperation, Jewish parents send their unaccompanied children abroad to escape Nazi persecution. -
st. louis sets sail
The St. louis , carrying Jews fleeing from Nazi Germany, departs for Havana, Cuba. -
warsaw ghetto sealed
The ghetto was enclosed by a wall that was over ten feet high, topped with barbed wire.