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