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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party
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Beer Hall Putsch
Nov 8-9
Failed Nazi Party coup attempt, lead to Hitlers arrest and his time in jail were he wrote "Mein Kampf" -
Mein Kampf is published.
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German is admittted to the League of Nations
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U.S. stock market crashes
Economic depression spreads worldwide. -
Nazi party gains numerous seats in the gov.
Nazi party becomes the second most popular party in Germany -
Franklin Roosevelt elected President of the U.S.
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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Reichstag fire
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First concentration camp
The first concentration camp opens in Orienburg, outside Berlin. Jews and political opponents were sent here. -
Enabling Act is passed
The Enabling Act is passed which gives Hitler increased powers -
Boycott of Jewish owned shops in Germany
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Nazi book burnings
Books containing "unGerman ideas" are burned in Germany. -
Dachau is opened
Dauchau is opened to allow the storage of political opponets to the Nazi party -
Nazi party declared Germany's only political party
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Germany quits the League of Nations
Germany leaves the league of nations claiming that it limited their military -
Night of the Long Knives
Nazi's eliminate all their opposition, including the elimination of the SA -
Austrian Chancellor Dolfuss assassinated by the Nazi's
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German President Hindenburg dies
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Hitler becomes the dictator of Germany, he takes the title Fuhrer
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Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles
Hitler introduces military conscription -
Nuremburg Laws
Nuremburg laws excluded Jews from German citizenship -
Gestapo placed above the law
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German troops occupy the Rhineland.
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Italy takes over Ethiopia
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Spanish Civil War begins
Hitler lends aid to Nationalist forces by sending air and armored units. -
Fransisco Franco declared head of the Spanish state
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Stalin begins a purge of his Army Generals
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Hossbach Conference
Hitler presents plans to invade neighboring nations to acquire living space for Germans. -
Hitler announces the Anschluss
Mar 12-13
Austria is united with Germany -
Germany's military mobilizes
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British PM Chamberlain appeases Germany.
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Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
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Kristallnacht
Nov 9-10
Nazis destroy Jewish stores -
Germany fines the Jews one billion marks.
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Jewish students expelled from non-Jewish schools.