Britain declares war on Germany at 11 am, France declares war on Germany six hours later.

Germany invades Poland which officially signals the start of World War 2.

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was a non-aggression pact signed between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany in Moscow in the late

The Jewish refugee ship the St. Louis arrives in Belgium after being denied access to Cuba and the United States.

Jews eliminated from the economy in Germany. Their assets can be seized.

The Anschluss was formally proclaimed March 12, 1938, but Hitler’s troops crossed into Austria a day earlier to establish de-facto

Romanian Jews deported from Dorohoi waiting to be ferried from Volchinets, Bessarabia into Transnistria across the Dniester River

The Rape of Nanjing (or Nanking). The Nanking Massacre or Nanjing Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking, was

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Quarantine Speech calls for international cooperation against aggression. Transcript

The Second Sino-Japanese War war ignited from a conflict between Chinese and Japanese troops for control of Chinese mainland. The

The Anti-Comintern Pact, an agreement that was signed first between Germany and Japan. It's purpose was to state that in

In contrast to the grim economic landscape in 1933 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt took office, his second term begins

1936 Rome-Berlin Axis agreement linking Italy and Germany politically and militarily. gt;

August 1-16: Berlin Olympic Games. Nazis disguise outward signs of anti-Semitism.

The Spanish Civil War was a conflict that anticipated much of the terrible decade that was to follow. The refusal

Ethiopia was invaded by fascist Italy under Benito Mussolini, confirming the suspicion that the war had racial motivation and sought to

In the United States, the first Neutrality Acts are passed authorizing the president to deny American firms the right to

In Germany, the first Nuremberg Laws are passed revoking citizenship from Jews and prohibiting them from marrying non-Jews.

Beginning in 1935 and continuing until 1938, Poland begins to create a Jewish policy modeled after that of Nazi Germany.

Hitler assumes the presidency of Germany when Hindenburg dies and thus gains full control of the government.