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Holocaust
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Unites States President
Franklin Roosevelt was elected president of the United States -
Gregor Strasser
Gregor Strasser resigns from his Nazi party offices -
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany -
Concentration Camp
First concentration camp opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin -
Jewish Holidays
All Jewish holidays are removed from official German calendars -
Jews Losing Rights
Jews not allowed national health insurance -
Hitler Became More Powerful
German President von Hindenburg dies and Hitler becomes Führer of Germany -
Military For Jews
Nazis ban Jews from serving in the military -
Nozis Force Abortions
Nazis pass law allowing forced abortions on women to prevent them from passing on hereditary diseases -
German Gestapo
The German Gestapo is placed above the law -
Nazis Move
Nazis occupy the Rhineland -
German Gypsies
The first German Gypsies are arrested and deported to Dachau concentration camp -
More Concentration Camps
Buchenwald concentration camp opens -
Jews Rights
Jews are prohibited from all legal practices -
Passports
Law requires Jewish passports to be stamped with a large red "J" -
German Jews and Government Jobs
German Jews denied the right to hold government jobs -
Time Restrictions
Jews in Germany are forbidden to be outdoors after 9 p.m. in summer and 8 p.m. in winter -
Auschwitz
A new concentration camp, Auschwitz, opened -
Nazis Move Again
The Nazis enter Paris -
Warsaw Ghetto
The Warsaw Ghetto is sealed off, which contained over 400,000 Jews -
Children
Gypsy and African-German children are expelled from public schools -
Yellow Star
Nazis order German Jews to wear yellow stars -
Lódz Ghetto
Jews in the Lódz ghetto are deported to the killing center at Chelmno -
Jews Sent to Auschwitz
All Jews in concentration camps in Germany are sent to death camp at Auschwitz -
Jews Resist
First resistance by Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto -
Gas Chambers
Newly built gas chamber opens at Auschwitz -
Nazis Take Hungarian Jews
The Nazis begin deportation of Hungarian Jews -
German Officers
German officers fail and are caught in an attempt to assassinate Hitler -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Adolph Hitler commits suicide in Berlin rather than getting caught by the Soviet army -
United States Help
Troops from the United States set free Mauthausen concentration camp -
War Ends
Germany surrenders and war in Europe is ended
