1938
Nazis take over Austria
League of Nations convenes with delegates from 32 countries refusing to accept Jews fleeing Hitler’s regime
Nazis occupy the Sudetenland (Czechoslavakia)
Nazis arrest 17,000 Polish Jews living in Germany, expelling them to Poland, which refuses them entry
Ernst vom Rath, of the German Embassy in Paris, is shot by Herscyhel Grynszpan, the angry 17-year-old son of deported Polish Jews. Rath’s death allegedly ignites Kristallnacht: November 9-10