For more info:
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/reichstag.htm
And:
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/enabling.htm

For a timeline 1918-1946 see:
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm

For more info:
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/hitleryouth/hj-prelude.htm
And:
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/statistics.htm

For more information, see especially “The Establishment of Occupied Zones.”
Paragraphs 3 and 4 relate specifically to the experiences of my family in Klausberg:
http://home.carolina.rr.com/wormold/germany/5.htm
And:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Germany_since_1945
For more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_Germans_after_World_War_II

My family was now under Soviet rule.
For more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalta_Conference
And:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oder-Neisse_line#Allies_decide_Polish_border
Map:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wggerman/map/germany1945.htm
For more info and a helpful map of the changed boundaries: