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The Nazi Party assumes control of the German state. -
Members of the Nazi Party and its affiliated organizations organize a nationwide boycott of Jewish-owned businesses in Germany. -
Hitler declares that the outbreak of war would mean the end of European Jewry. -
Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe. -
German authorities begin the deportation of Jews and Roma (Gypsies) from the Lodz ghetto to Chelmno. -
German forces attack the Soviet Union in the south towards the city of Stalingrad. -
Massacre of Jews in the southeastern Polish town of Kielce. -
The United States ratifies the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide.