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Adolf Hitler appointedChancellor of GermanyDachau concentrationcamp opensOne-day boycott of Jewishshops and businesses;Gestapo (German internalsecurity police) establishedPublic burnings of bookswritten by Jews, politicaldissidents, and others notapproved by the stateJews barred from servingin German army“Nuremberg Laws”passed. As a result, Jewsno longer consideredGerman citizens; Jewscould not marry Aryans;nor could they fly theGerman flagBuchenwald concentrationcamp opensGermany invades Poland;World War II beginsJews in German-occupiedPoland forced to wear anarm band or yellow starGermany invades theSoviet UnionHitler appoints ReinhardHeydrich to implementthe “Final Solution ofthe Jewish Question”34,000 Jews massacredat Babi Yar outsideKiev, RussiaJapanese attackPearl Harbor, Hawaii;United States declares waron Japan and GermanyWarsaw Ghettorevolt beginsRevolt at death campin Treblinka, PolandHitler commits suicideV-E (Victory inEurope) Day:Germanysurrenders;end of Third ReichFirst atomic bombdropped onHiroshima, JapanJapan surrenders;end of World War IIHitler proclaims himselfFührer und Reichskanzler(Leader and ReichChancellor)Jewish doctors barredfrom practicing medicinein German institutionsJuden Verboten (No Jews)signs displayed outsidemany towns areremoved duringthe Olympic Gamesin BerlinHitler annexes AustriaItaly enacts sweepinganti-Semitic lawsGermans mark allJewish passportswith alarge Jto restrictJews fromleaving thecountryGermany invadesDenmark and NorwayGermany invades Holland,Belgium, and France;concentration campestablished at AuschwitzFrance surrendersBattle of Britain (Germany’sattempt to bomb Britaininto submission) beginsHeydrich outlines planto murder Europe’s Jews;German 6th Armysurrenders at StalingradArmed revolt in Sobiborextermination campD-Day: Allied invasionat Normandy, FranceGroup of Germanofficers attemptsto assassinate Hitler;Russians liberateMaidanek killingcenterRevolt by inmatesat AuschwitzMunich Agreement:Britain and France acceptGerman takeover of partof Czechoslovakia17,000 Polish Jewsexpelled from Germany12 TIMELINEKristallnacht (9–10)Decree forces all Jewsto transfer retail businessesto Aryan hands. All Jewishpupils expelled fromGerman schoolsTIMELINE13