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Hitler is appointed Canceler by President Hindenburg
Conservative politicians turned
toward Hitler in 1933 Hitler was appointed
chancellor under the Weimer
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Burning of the Reichstag's
On February 27, 1933, the German parliament (Reichstag) building burned down. The Nazi leadership and its coalition partners used the fire to claim that Communists were planning a violent uprising. The number of constitutional protections abolished paved the way for Nazi dictatorship. -
Hitler puts the enabling act in place
An amendment to the Weimar Constitution giving Adolf Hitler the power to enact laws without the involvement of the Reichstag -
Jewish owned shops are boycotted by Germans
The Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses in Germany began on April 1, 1933, It was an early governmental action against the Jews of Germany. -
The Nuremberg laws are put in place
In 1935 the Nazi's passed the Nuremberg Laws. This deprived the Jews of German citizenship and restricted them of many things. -
The Kristallnacht Takes Place
Hitler started the “ Night of Broken Glass” On Nov. 9-10, Nazi-led
mobs attacked Jewish communities all over Germany, -
Hitler invades Poland
Nazi Germany possessed overwhelming military superiority over Poland. The assault on Poland was Germany’s first successful implementation of Blitzkrieg (lightning war). On September 17, 1939, the Soviet Union invaded eastern Poland. Unsuccessful at fighting a two-front war, Poland surrendered to the Germans ten days later. -
Germany Establishes the First ghetto in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland
German occupation authorities established the first ghetto in Poland in Piotrków Trybunalski in October 1939.
