Timeline By BethBergman 1930 The League of the Physically Handicapped Deaf men fought for jobs during the Great Depression. Period: 1930 to 1940 1930-1940 Apr 27, 1931 Founding of The Ithaca League for the Hard of Hearing 1933 Hereditary Health Law sterilizes deaf people In Germany 1934 Hearing tests in Tompkins County 1935 Subtitles advanced in movies 1940 Deaf people killed in the Holocaust