Newly arrived prisoners gather for registration at the
Buchenwald concentration camp, 1937.
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June 12
SS Obergruppenführer (Lt. General) Reinhard Heydrich issues secret order pertaining to protective custody for Race Violators following the conclusion of the normal legal process.
July 16
Buchenwald concentration camp opens in central Germany.
Autumn
Systematic takeover of Jewish property begins.
November
Munich exhibition of "The Wandering Jew" depicting the Jew as financial exploiter.
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