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The enabling act gave Hitler sole power over Germany
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Jewish businesses were boycotted across Germany, and the boycotts were lifted after 24 hours. Measures against Jews followed and remained in effect.
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stopped the Jewish people from dating and having kids with German people known as the Nuremberg Laws.
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The Aryan race is the superior race Hitler thought this in the Youth training facility.
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hundreds of Jewish people were trying to exit Germany so they could run from all of the horrible things like persecution from Germans and the killing
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Residents of Rostock, Germany, terrorized Jewish homes and businesses for 48 hours. During this time, 7,500 Jewish businesses were damaged or destroyed, 96 Jews were killed, and nearly 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and sent to concentration camps
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The U.S. sent the St. Louis—seen here before departing from Hamburg—on a voyage from Germany to Cuba, carrying 937 passengers, most of whom were Jews. However, the U.S. government denied the passengers permission to enter the United States, and the St. Louis returned to Europe. Tragically, about 250 of the refugees would later be killed in the Holocaust.
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The German invasion of Poland marked the start of World War II in Europe. For nearly two years, German forces occupied much of continental Europe.