Events that lead to the holocaust (1914-1945)

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    Hitler Youth

    When Hitler and the Nazis started to gain power they started to target children into becoming part of the Nazi party and they were taught to believe that Jewish people were horrible people. Hitler made the children fight in the war so they wouldn't see who their leader really was as a person
  • President Paul Von Hindenburg dies

    President Paul Von Hindenburg dies

    After Paul Von Hindenburg's death, The presidency is now given to Hitler who would now take over Germany since he was right behind Hindenburg
  • Hitler becomes Fuhrer and chancellor

    Hitler becomes Fuhrer and chancellor

    Since Hitler became president of Germany the German People must take a new oath that was created by Hitler "I swear by God this sacred oath, that I will render unconditional obedience to Adolf Hitler, the Fuhrer of the German Reich and people, supreme commander of the armed forces, and will be ready as a brave soldier to risk my life at any time for this oath"
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    Nazi Propaganda

    In Germany, the Nazis used propaganda as a way to spread deceiving messages about Jewish people. While using propaganda the "Pureblood" Germans believed most of the false information that spread throughout Germany, it's what Hitler and the Nazis had planned all along.
  • Nuremberg Race laws

    Nuremberg Race laws

    The laws were created because the Nazis wanted their racial ideas to be put into law. They believed in the false theory that the world is separated into specific races that are not equally strong and valuable. The Nazis looked at Germans to be the superior "Aryan" race. The Nazis saw the "Aryan race as the strongest, and most valuable race of all. These laws excluded the Jews because they were not considered to be "Aryan". The Nazis thought the Jews were a part of a separate race that was weak.
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    Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht or the night of broken glass is the day the Nazis invaded, destroyed, and vandalized all Jewish homes, Jewish businesses, and Synagogues.