 Jan 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany  March 20, 1933 – first concentration camp – Dachau  Sept 15, 1935 – Nuremberg Race laws  Nov 9, 1938 – Kristallnacht  Sept 1, 1939 – Germany invades Poland – WWII in Europe  Oct 8, 1939 – first ghetto in Poland  Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor – US declares war  Mar 27, 1942 – Germany begins deportation of 65,000 jews to Auschwitz  July 15, 1942 – continued deportation – 100,000 to Auschwitz  Jan 27, 1945 – Soviets liberate Auschwitz  April 29, 1945 – U.S.