German citizens give the Nazi salute to Hitler during
opening-day ceremonies at the 11th
Olympiad in Berlin, August 1936.
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February 10
The Gestapo placed above the law.
March
The SS (Shutzstaffeln, or "Protection Squad," originally set up in 1925 to provide personal protection to Nazi leadership) creates the Deaths Head division to guard concentration camps.
March 7
German troops occupy the Rhineland in western Germany.
June 17
Himmler appointed chief of German Police, with Reinhard Heydrich as his second in command.
August 1
Opening of the Olympic Games in Berlin. Anti-Semitic posters temporarily removed.
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