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the end of WW1
Germany signed an armistice with the Allies – the official date of the end of World War One. -
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Signing The Treaty of Versailles
The treaty was signed at the vast Versailles Palace near Paris between Germany and the Allies. The three most important politicians there were David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau and Woodrow Wilson. -
Hitler's up rising to power
For months, the German state had been limping from one failed government to the next, with three general elections having been held within 10 months. Hitler promised to uphold the constitution and govern for the good of the nation. -
first conccentration camp to open
KZ Dachau was the first concentration camp established in Nazi Germany. The camp's first inmates were primarily political prisoners, Social Democrats, Communists, trade unionists, habitual criminals, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, beggars, vagrants, hawkers. -
Government organized boycott on Jewish stores
Storm Troopers stood in front of Jewish-owned department stores and retail establishments, and the offices of professionals such as doctors and lawyers. The Star of David waspainted in yellow and black on many windows and doors. -
burnt or banded any of the Jews books
Nazis raided libraries and bookstores across Germany, to get Jewish books. They marched by torchlight in nighttime parades, sang chants, and threw books into huge bonfires. -
Hitler names himself "Fuhrer"
With the death of German President Paul von Hindenburg, Chancellor Adolf Hitler becomes absolute dictator of Germany under the title of Fuhrer, or "Leader." -
numbering laws enhanced
The Nuremberg Laws, as they became known, did not define a "Jew" as someone with particular religious beliefs. If anyone had 3 Jewish grandparents, were concidered Jews no mater what. -
Buchenwald concentration camp
Nazi concentration camp is one of the largest and first camps on German soil. -
First Poslish Jews deported from Germany
Polish Government had gone so far as to take back all Polish passports if their bearers had lived abroad for more than five years. The order was to come into force on 31 October. It meant that at least 15,000 Polish Jews resident in Germany would cease to be Polish citizens on the last day of October. -
Jews were fined
Jews were made to pay one billion marks for the damage caused by Kristallnacht. -
German schools
All Jewish children are expelled from German public schools. -
Refugees on the St. Louis Refused Entry Everywhere
The S.S. St. Louis left Germany for Cuba carrying 937 passengers, most of whom were Jews fleeing Nazi Germany. During the two weeks it took to cross the Atlantic, the political climate in Cuba changed drastically, causing the landing permits held by those aboard the St. Louis to become invalid. -
Ravensbruck concentration camp for women established
Ravensbrück was the only major Nazi concentration camp for women. It was out-of-the-way and at the same time easy to reach. -
Jews cufew 8:00pm
Hitler announces that he will invade Poland;
Curfew for Jews - 8:00 p.m. (Germany) -
WW2 begins
Adolf Hitler wanted more land, especially in the east, to expand Germany according to the Nazi policy of lebensraum. -
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Ghettoization of Polish Jews
Evacuation of all Jews to points near railheads, creation of Jewish Councils to foster illusion of Jewish autonomy, and seizure of Jews for forced labor. -
Jews must wear Star of David
Jews must wear theStar of David so that they could be identified as Jews -
Night of Broken Gass
On the night of November 9-10, mobs beat, raped, arrested, and murdered Jews. The mobs also ransacked Jewish-owned stores and burned down synagogues. Firefighters and other government officials stood by and watched the destruction, only helping if non-Jewish businesses or homes were threatened. -
Lodz Ghetto estblished
Jews from throughout the city were ordered to move into the sectioned off area, only bringing what they could hurriedly pack within just a few minutes. -
Concentration Camp established in Auschwitz
The largest Nazi concentration and death camp. By the time of its liberation, Auschwitz had grown to include three large camps and 45 sub-camps. -
Lodz Ghetto sealed
Eight months after the German invasion, the Lodz ghetto was officially sealed. -
Dutch Jews required to register
Dutch Nazis publicly against Amsterdam's Jews. First issue appears of underground paper De Vonk. -
Authority given to prepare "total solution" to Jewish problem
Nazi Germany's plan and execution of the systematic genocide of European Jews during World War II, resulting in the most deadly phase of the Holocaust. -
Jews in the Third Reich must wear the Star of David
Wearing of the Jewish "Star of David" was decreed throughout the Greater Reich. -
Gassing operations being at Chelmno
The first mass killings of Jews by gas took place as part of the 'Final Solution'. -
Revolt by Aushwitz inmates
A Nazi guard in Crematorium 1 is disarmed and stuffed into an oven to be burned alive. -
Hitler comits suicide
Swallowed cyanide capsules. -
WW2 ends
Ended by the dropping of the A bombs on Japan during August 1945, after Adolf Hitler had committed suicide. -
Creation of Israel
The land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and national identity was formed. Here they achieved independence and created a culture of national and universal significance.
