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Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany, the Holocaust begins.
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Adolf Hitler is granted emergency powers as a result of the burning of the Reichstag building.
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The Nazi’s open the first concentration camp, it is called Dachau.
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The Gestapo is created.
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The Nazi’s start passing a series of laws and bans prohibiting Jews German citizenship, owning land, being newspaper editors, and more.
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The Nuremberg Race Laws against the Jews are passed.
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Nazi’s storm, raid and burn Jewish homes and business, this becomes known as Kristallnacht, or The Night of Broken Glass.
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The Nazi’s invade Poland, it’s the start of WW2.
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The town of Oswiecim, Poland, is chosen as the site for the infamous concentration camp Auschwitz.
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The invasion of Normandy, code named Operation Overlord, or D-Day, takes place.
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Last use of the Auschwitz gas chambers.
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Nazi’s conduct death marches on concentration camp prisoners as the Allied Powers get closer.
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Hitler commits suicide.
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Germany officially surrenders and the Holocaust ends.
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Japan surrenders, this becomes known as V-J Day, or Victory over Japan day.
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The Nuremberg Trials begin
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The Nuremberg Trials end.
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Adolf Eichmann is captured in Argentina by the MOSSAD (Israeli Secret Service).
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Adolf Eichmann is hanged.
