1933 30 January Hitler becomes Chancellor. 27 February Reichstag fire, wave of arrests, establishment of concentration camps. The first emigrants leave Germany. 20 April The French government decrees a very large reception to refugees that were increasing...
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1933 30 January Hitler becomes Chancellor. 27 February Reichstag fire, wave of arrests, establishment of concentration camps. The first emigrants leave Germany. 20 April The French government decrees a very large reception to refugees that were increasing in numbers. 10 May Book burning in Germany. August French Government applies restrictive measures for German refugees, escorting them back to the border and sending them back to Germany. 60 000 Germans were reported to be in Paris. 1936 18 July Civil War erupts in Spain. 1938 6 December Ribbentrop, German Minister of Foreign Affairs in Paris. The French Minister of Foreign Affairs tries to block the wave of emigration to France. 1939 31 March End of Civil War in Spain. About 500 000 fugitives leave Spain for France. 1 September Germany attacks Poland. 3 September France and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany. September Germans who took refuge in France are interned and become targets of distrust as hey came from a neighboring e
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