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25-01-1938: Germany. New Schutzhaft Decree. Expansion of the possibilities to Schutzhaftverhängung.
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12-03-1938: German troops invade Austria.
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13-03-1938: "Anschluss" of Austria to Germany.
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18-03-1938: Hitler's Reichstag speech: "Ein Volk, ein Reich, Deutschland! Sieg Heil!"
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28-03-1938: Germany. Jewish associations must be registered.
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26-04-1938: Germany. Obligation to declare all Jewish assets above 5,000 RM.
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03-05-1938: Germany. The Flossenbürg camp in Bavaria is put into operation.
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31-05-1938: Gesetz über Einziehung van Eurzeugnissen entarteter Kunst. In total, approximately 5000 paintings and sculptures and 12.0000 sheets of graphics will be removed from the museums.
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06-06-1938: First session of the International Refugee Committee in Evian.
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14-06-1938: Germany. All Jewish businesses must be registered.
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01-07-1938: Introduction of the Dienstverpflichtung. Any resident of Germany may be obliged to work for a fixed period at the place designated to him by a higher authority.
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08-08-1938: The first 300 prisoners arrive at Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria.
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17-08-1938: Germany. Jews must add Israël or Sara to their first name.
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20-08-1938: Establishment of a Zentralstelle für jüdische Auswanderung in Vienna, led by Adolf Eichmann.
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27-09-1938: Hitler sends a letter to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain about the Czech Republic.
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29-09-1938: Munich Agreement on Czechoslovakia between Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy. The German-speaking Sudetenland is added to Germany.
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05-10-1938: Resignation of the Czechoslovak president, Benes. Dr. Hacha succeeds him.
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30-10-1938: At the end of October, about 17,000 Polish Jews will be expelled from Germany to Poland.
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01-11-1938: The international brigades leave Spain in November.
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07-11-1938: Herschel Grynszpan carries out an attack on von Rath's German legation council in Paris.
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09-11-1938 - 09-11-1938: Kristallnacht. Organized pogrom all over Germany. 30,000 Jews are transferred to camps. Numerous synagogues are looted and set on fire. Great damage is done to Jewish property.
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10-11-1938: Reinhard Heydrich sends a message to the German police to coordinate the actions taking place during Kristallnacht.
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12-11-1938: Germany. Discussion in the Reichsluftfahrtministerium, led by Göring, about the identification and isolation of the Jews and about measures for the Aryanization of Jewish businesses
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12-11-1938: Germany. Jews are prohibited from visiting the theater, cinema and concerts.
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12-11-1938: Germany. A sum of RM 1 billion is demanded from the Jews.
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15-11-1938: The Netherlands. Debate in the House of Representatives on the cabinet's refugee policy.
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15-11-1938: Germany. Jewish children are only allowed to go to Jewish schools.
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16-11-1938: Dutch East Indies. A Royal Dutch decree rejects the Soetardjo petition.
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24-11-1938: The magazine "Das Schwarze Korps" writes about the restlose Vernichtigung of the Jews in Germany.
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25-11-1938: Hankou is occupied by the Japanese.
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30-11-1938: Germany. Prohibition of practice for Jewish lawyers.
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01-12-1938: In December Beria replaces Yezhov in the Soviet Union as police chief. The Great Terror comes to an end.
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01-12-1938: The Netherlands. At the beginning of December, a large national collection will be held for the Jewish Refugee Committee.
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08-12-1938: Germany. Gypsy-Grunderlass to combat the "gypsy plague".
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13-12-1938: Opening of the Neuengamme camp near Hamburg as an external command of the KL Sachsenhausen.
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19-12-1938: Germany, in a note from Great Britain, demands parity with regard to the number of submarines allowed.
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