-
1933
Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi party was appointed Chancellor of Germany. Soon after the Nazi's open their first concentration camps in Germany. -
1934
Hitler proclaims himself Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Reich Chancellor). Armed forces must now swear allegiance to him. -
1935
Nuremberg laws decreed. Marriages and relationships between Jews and Germans outlawed. The laws also stripped German Jews of their citizenship and civil rights. -
1935
Germany defines a "Jew": anyone with three Jewish grandparents; someone with two Jewish grandparents who identifies as a Jew. -
1936
Jewish doctors barred from practicing medicine in German institutions. Sachsenhausen concentration camp opens. -
1937
Buchenwald concentration camp opens. It was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps within Germany's 1937 borders. -
1938
Kristallnacht- program against Jews, perpetrated by SA paramilitary forces and German civilians. -
1939
Beginning of World War II: Germany invades Poland. In the following weeks, 16.336 civilians are murdered by the Nazies in 714 localities. At least 5,000 victims were Jews.
