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Hitler Campaign Speech
When propaganda is used more people join the Hitler bandwagon and the Nazi Party wins 230 seats in German parliamentary elections, becoming the largest party represented. -
Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor
The Nazi Party takes control of the German state when the German President at the time (Paul von Hindenburg) makes Hitler Chancellor at the head of a coalition govt. -
Anti-Jewish Boycott
The Nazi leadership stages an economic boycott targeting Jewish-owned businesses and the offices of Jewish professionals. -
Law Limits Jews in Public Schools
The German government issues the Law against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities, which dramatically limits the number of Jewish students attending public schools. -
Book Burning
Books thought to be non German worthy are publicly burned throughout Germany. -
Death of German President von Hindenbug
German President Paul von Hindenburg dies and Hitler becomes President of Germany. -
Kristallnacht
Nazi Party officials, members of the SA and the Hitler Youth carry out a wave of violent anti-Jewish pogroms throughout Greater Germany. The rioters destroyed hundreds of synagogues. -
First Kindertransport arrives in Great Britain
Kinder means children in German; in desperation, Jewish parents send their children by themselves abroad to escape Nazi persecution.
