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Event Times
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Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor
The Nazi Party assumes control of the German state. -
Law Limits Jews in Public Schools
The Law against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities limits the number of Jewish students in public schools. -
Death of German President von Hindenburg
Adolf Hitler becomes President of Germany. -
Hitler Abolishes the Office of President
Hitler becomes the absolute dictator of Germany. -
Revision of Paragraph 175
Revision of Paragraphs 175 and 175a facilitates the systematic persecution of homosexual men in Germany. -
Nuremberg Race Laws
The Nuremberg Laws of 1935 herald a new wave of antisemitic legislation and that brought immediate segregation. -
Buchenwald Concentration Camp Opens
Buchenwald becomes one of the largest concentration camps within the old German borders. -
First Kindertransport Arrives in Great Britain
Jewish parents sent their unaccompanied children to Great Britain to escape Nazi persecution.
