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Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
Following several backroom negotiations – which included industrialists, Hindenburg's son, the former chancellor Franz von Papen, and Hitler – Hindenburg acquiesced and he formally appointed Adolf Hitler as Germany's new chancellor. -
Hitler proclaims himself Führer und Reichskanzler
Hitler decided that he should succeed Hindenburg, but not as president, instead as Führer (supreme leader) of the German people. Although he was already called Führer by members of the Nazi Party and popularly by the German public, Hitler's actual government title at this time was simply Reich Chancellor of Germany. -
"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 -
Jewish doctors barred from practicing medicine in German institutions
Jewish and female doctors were not allowed to practice medicine in Germany during Hitler’s rule from 1933 to 1945. Data about the consequences of this on the health service are difficult to come by, but what information can be gathered demonstrates a detrimental effect on the nation’s health. These data, however, must be interpreted with consideration to the morbidity and mortality from violence, death camps, slave labor, and the privations of war. -
Buchenwald concentration camp opens
Buchenwald was a Nazi concentration camp established on Ettersberg hill near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937. It was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps within Germany's 1937 borders. Many actual or suspected communists were among the first internees. -
All Jewish pupils expelled from German schools
The German government issues the Law against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities, which dramatically limits the number of Jewish students attending public schools. -
Beginning of World War II
German troops invaded Poland triggering World War II. In response to German aggression, Great Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany. Nazi Germany possessed overwhelming military superiority over Poland. -
Battle of Britain begins
The Battle of Britain, also known as the Air Battle for England, was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.
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