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Adolf Hitler is appointed chancellor of Germany.
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The German government takes away freedom of speech, assembly, press, and freedom from invasion of privacy and from house search without warrant.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated President of the United States.
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The first concentration camp is established in Nazi Germany at Dachau. The first prisoners are political opponents.
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A nationwide boycott of Jewish-owned businesses in Germany is carried out under Nazi leadership.
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Jews are barred from government service; Jewish civil servants, including University professors and school teachers, are fired from their positions.
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The law against "overcrowding in German schools and universities" is adopted, restricting the number of Jewish children allowed to attend. Children of war veterans and those with one non-Jewish parent are initially exempted.
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Books by Jews and opponents of Nazism are burned publicly.
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Laws are passed in Germany that permit the forced sterilization of Gypsies, the mentally and physically disabled, African-Germans, and others considered "inferior" or "unfit."
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Germany withdraws from the League of Nations.
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Adolph Hitler declares himself president and chancellor of the Third Reich after the death of Paul von Hindenburg.
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First major wave of arrests of homosexuals occurs throughout Germany, continuing into November.
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Hitler violates the Versailles Treaty by renewing the compulsory military draft.
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Jehovah's Witnesses are banned from all civil service jobs and are arrested throughout Germany.
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"No Jews" signs and notices are posted outside German towns and villages, and outside shops and restaurants.
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Jews are prohibited from serving in the German armed forces.
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The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of their citizenship.
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Jewish doctors are no longer permitted to practice in government institutions in Germany.
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Hitler's army invades the Rhineland.
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The first German Gypsies are arrested and deported to Dachau concentration camp.
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The Olympic Games take place in Berlin. Anti-Jewish signs (i.e., "Jews Not Welcome") are removed until the Games are completed.
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The Ministry of Science and Education prohibits teaching by "non-Aryans" in public schools and bans private instruction by Jewish teachers.
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Further restrictions are imposed on the number of Jewish students attending German schools.
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Buchenwald concentration camp opens.
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Jews can obtain passports for travel outside of Germany only in special cases.
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Germany annexes Austria.
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The German government passes a decree requiring the registration of all Gypsies without a fixed address living in Austria; by June 1938, all Gypsy children above the age of 14 have to be fingerprinted. This is a central part of the growing racial defini
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Representatives from thirty-two countries meet at Evian, France, to discuss refugee policies. Most of the countries refuse to let in more Jewish refugees.
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The German government announces Jews must carry identification cards.
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Germany invades and occupies Czechoslovakia.
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The German army invades Poland and World War II begins.
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Hitler extends powers to doctors to kill institutionalized mentally and physically disabled persons in the "euthanasia" program.
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The first Polish ghetto is established.
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March 22 Gypsy and African-German children are expelled from public schools.
