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From the 1920s onwards, the Nazi Party targeted German youth as a special audience for its propaganda messages. In January 1933, the Hitler Youth had approximately 100,000 members, but by the end of the year, this figure had increased to more than 2 million, and by 1937 membership in the Hitler Youth increased to 5.4 million before it became mandatory in 1939. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany -
The Enabling Act was voted in and enacted which gave Hitler supreme and sole power. -
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Also known as the "Night of Broken Glass", this was when Hitler had the Gestapo ransack Jewish businesses and harass Jews in Germany and the countries also under Hitler's control. -
While Jews were the Nazi's main focus, the Nazis additionally targeted Roma (Gypsies), individuals with mental and physical disabilities, and Poles based on racial, ethnic, or national factors. -
Hitler attacked Poland because he saw the Polish people as an inferior race and only fit to become a workforce. He also wanted Germans to live there in Poland. -
After the invasion of Poland, WWII officially starts. -
Throughout April and May, Germany invades and occupies Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and France. -
Most Jews who arrived at the concentration camps were killed with poison and then the bodies were burnt, typically within hours of their arrival. Those fit to work, like men and boys, were sent to labor camps.