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January 1937 -- Jews are banned from many professions, including teaching, dentistry and accounting. |
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May 6, 1937 -- The Hindenberg explodes on landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
May 12, 1937 -- Coronation of Edward, former Duke of Windsor, as king of England.
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July 1937 -- Skirmish between Japanese and Chinese groups at Marco Polo Bridge near Peking brings the two countries to war. |
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July 15, 1937 -- Buchenwald concentration camp is opened. |
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August 8, 1937 -- (AP) Berlin: 115 demonstrators are arrested. Rev. Martin Niemoller is arrested and charged with having opposed Nazi restrictions. |
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August 1937 -- Sharp recession strikes U.S. economy.
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November 25, 1937 -- Germany and Japan sign political and military treaty. |
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November 8, 1937 -- "Eternal Jew" exhibit opens in Munich, which becomes the basis for the rabidly anti-Semitic film of the same name, which will be made in 1940. |
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November 30, 1937 -- Reich court deprives parents of children, because they opposed Nazi Socialist ideology. |
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March 13, 1938 -- "Anschluss," annexation of Austria to the Third Reich. |
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March 12, 1938 -- Germans enter Vienna, and 183,000 Jews in Austria fall under Nazi control. Within one month, 500 Jews commit suicide.
March 13, 1938 -- With "Anschluss" into Austria, all anti-Semitic laws are immediately applied.
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April 1938 -- Mauthausen concentration camp is established near Linz, Austria.
April 26, 1938 -- Mandatory registration of all property held by Jews inside the Reich, valued Jewish property is to be seized within Greater Germany at a value of approximately eight billion Reichmarks.
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April 1938 -- George & Ladislav, the "Biro Brothers," invent the ballpoint pen. |
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June 1938 -- 3,000 join the Abraham Lincoln Brigade to fight with Spanish Republicans against fascist-supported General Franco. |
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June 9, 1938 -- Munich synagogue is destroyed.
June 14, 1938 -- All Jewish-owned businesses in Germany must register.
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June 1938 -- The "Carnival of Swing" at New York City’s Randall’s Island attracts 25,000 "jitterbuggers" for five and three quarters hours.
June 22, 1938 -- Joe Louis knocks out Max Schmeling in the first round in a rematch of their 1936 bout.
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July 6, 1938 -- The "Evian Conference" in France fails to provide a refuge for German Jews. 32 nations attend.
July 23, 1938 -- All Jews over age 15 must carry identity cards, to be shown on demand to police.
July 25, 1938 -- Jews are forbidden to practice medicine.
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August 11, 1938 -- Nuremberg synagogue is destroyed by Nazis.
August 17, 1938 -- Jewish women must add "Sarah" to their name, and Jewish men must add "Israel" to all legal documents.
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August 1938 -- Chester F. Carlson produces the first xerographic print. |
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September 29, 1938 -- Munich Conference, Chamberlain of Britain and Daladier of France agree to German annexation of part of Czechoslovakia.
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September 12, 1938 -- License to practice law is cancelled for Jewish lawyers. |
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October 15, 1938 -- German troops occupy Sudentenland in Czechoslovakia. |
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October 1938 -- Aryanization of Jewish property begins.
October 5, 1938 -- Germans mark all Jews' passports with a large red letter "J" to restrict Jewish immigration to Switzerland, following a request from the Swiss government.
October 28, 1938 -- Polish "Aktion." Thousands of Polish Jews are rounded up and sent back to the Polish border town of Zbozyn. Poland expels all its German Jewish residents.
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October 1938 -- The New York Yankees beat the Chicago Cubs in four straight games in the World Series.
October 30, 1938 -- Orson Wells’ radio broadcast of H.G. Wells’ "War of the Worlds" in Mercury Theatre’s Halloween treat, tricks thousands.
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November 6, 1938 -- Herschel Grynszpan assassinates Ernst vom Rath, third secretary of the German embassy in Paris.
November 9, 1938 -- "Kristallnacht": Anti-Jewish riots in Germany and Austria. 300,000 are arrested, 191 synagogues are destroyed, 7,500 shops are looted.
November 15, 1938 -- All Jewish students are expelled from German schools. (Read a personal account.)
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December 1, 1938 -- A fine of One Billion Marks is levied against German Jews for the destruction caused during Kristallnacht.
December 13, 1938 -- "Aryanization" decree is enacted, all Jewish property is transferred to Aryan possession.
December 14, 1938 -- Hermann Goering is appointed to oversee the resolution of the "Jewish Question."
December 19, 1938 -- Nazi "Ransom Plan" is rejected here, Joint Distribution Committee's Boycott Council votes for intensification of boycott against German goods. Failure of "Barter Plan" is seen.
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December 1938 -- Five Ministers Council in Japan creates Japanese pro-Jewish policy.
December 2, 1938 -- First Harwich-England bound train with 200 German-Jewish orphaned children arrives from Holland. Eventually, 50,000 German Jews find safety in Great Britain.
 ime Magazine Man of the Year for 1938: Adolf Hitler.
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