As of January 1
Jews must have the Jewish first names 'Israel' or 'Sarah' placed before their given names. All Jews must carry identification cards

March 15
Germany occupies the rest of Czechoslovakia

April 19
Slovakia passes its own version of the Nuremberg Laws

August 23
Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact

September 1
German Army invades Poland

September 3
Britain and France declare war on Germany. Beginning of World War II. Curfew for Jews is instituted: 9pm in summer, 8pm in winter

September 17
Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland

September 21
Heydrich issues secret instructions to Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing units) to concentrate Jews in ghettos along railroad lines as a first step towards a "Final Solution of the Jewish Problem"

September 23
All Jews in Germany must hand their radios to the police

October 12
First deportation of Jews from Austria and Moravia to occupied Poland

October 19
'Reparations' to be paid by German Jews are increased to 1.25 billion Reichsmarks and are now payable by November 15 1939

October 28
(pre-dated by Hitler to September 1) Order for euthanasia program is signed.

November 23
Introduction throughout occupied Poland of yellow star identifying Jews over 10

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