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March 1933
Due to the reichstag fire Hitlar becomes chancellor of germany through the enabling act -
FROM CITIZENS TO OUTCASTS
A woman reads a boycott sign
posted on the window of a
Jewish-owned department store.
The Nazis initiated a boycott of
Jewish shops and businesses on
April 1, 1933, across Germany. -
NAZI RACE LAWS
Among other things, the laws issued in September
1935 restricted future German citizenship to those
of “German or kindred blood,” and excluded those
deemed to be “racially” Jewish or Roma (Gypsy). -
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“NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS”
Residents of Rostock, Germany,
view a burning synagogue the
morning after Kristallnacht
(“Night of Broken Glass”). On
the night of November 9–10,
1938, the Nazi regime unleashed
orchestrated anti-Jewish violence
across greater Germany. -
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THE WAR BEGINS
Sections of Warsaw lay in ruins following the invasion
and conquest of Poland by the German military begun
in September 1939 that propelled Europe into World
War II. -
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DEPORTATIONS
Between 1942 and 1944, trains carrying Jews
from German-controlled Europe rolled into one of
the six killing centers located along rail lines in
occupied Poland. -
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CONCENTRATION CAMP UNIVERSE
The German authorities
confis-cated all the personal
belongings of the Jews, including
their clothing, and collected them
for use or sale. Soviet troops
dis-covered tens of thousands of
shoes when they liberated the
Majdanek concentration camp in
Poland in July 1944. -
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the war
The war in Europe ended with the unconditional
surrender of Germany in May 1945.