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Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany. -
Dachau concentration camps open
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Boycott of Jewish shops and businesses
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The Gestapo of Germany is established by Hitler
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"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 -
Hitler in Reichstag speech: "if war erupts it will mean the Vernichtung (extermination) of European Jews"
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Germans occupy Czechoslovakia
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World War II starts because Germany invades Poland.