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Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany
Anxious to create a stable government, the elderly President Hindenburg agreed to name Adolf Hitler the Chancellor of Germany. -
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Holocaust Timeline
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Dachau Opened
Dachau was the first German concentration camp and it opened in early March, very shortly after Hitler became Chancellor. -
Boycott Jewish Businesses
Nazis began to boycott Jewish Businesses after Hitler accused them of hoarding money, causng Germany to lose the war. -
Nurember Laws
The German government announced new laws detailing "Identification Criteria" for the jews in order to "protect the German blood." -
Kristallnacht/ Night of Broken Glass
planned overnight attacks on Jewish businesses, syngogues cemeteries in response to a German political figure being murdered by an alleged jewish teenager. -
Germany Invades Poland
Germany invades Poland, marking the beginning of World War 2 in Europe. -
Auschwitz Concentration Camp Established
The biggest and most well known concentration camp is opened. Hundreds of thousands of Jews, Poles, Homosexuals, and other minorities were murdered there. -
"Final Solution" Begins
The Nazis fully begin their campaign of genocide to exterminate all people of Jewish faith. -
Liberation of Auschwitz
The Soviet Army reached Auschwitz and liberated the remaining prisoners. The beginning of the end for the Nazi Party in Germany.