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WW1 began, encouraging an increase in nationalism as nations were pitted against one another. This created an enviroment which fostered feelings of othering and hatred towards people who where different in Germany. -
WW2 ends, Allies are victorious and Germany is defeated, causing mass anger in the German population. Germany had believed they would be victorious and when they lost, masses of German citizens blamed Jewish polititians for 'stabbing them in the back' and causing them to lose WW1. -
Paris Peace Conference is held by victorious Allies, forcing Germany to take the blame for WW1. This again created an enviroment where hate and anger could thrive in Germany -
Treaty of versailles is signed, outlining the conditions of peace Germany must abide to including paying reparations, limiting the German army to 100000 men and dividing German colonies between Allies. This stirred a sense of resentment in German people and stengthened Hitlers position and likelihood of rising to power -
Hitler issues his first written comment on the so-called Jewish Question. -
Hitler presents a 25-point Program to a Nazi Party meeting.where they publicly declared their intention to segregate Jews from "Aryan" society
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Hitler and the Nazi Party attempt to overthrow the Weimar Republic
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There is a harsh decline in the economy in the United States and Europe and greatly affected Germany
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Nazis accuse the Communists of arson as well as attempting to overthrow the state, eliminating them as a political opposition
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The first Nazi concentration camp is established in Dachau. -
The Enabling Act was passed in the Reichstag, granting the government dictatorial powers for four years.
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Nazis boycott Jewish businesses, creating a visible representation of the hatred people were feeling for Jews at the time -
University students publicly burned books that were considered ‘un-German’ or written by Jewish authors in Berlin.
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The Editorship Law is passed, imposing strict rules on what newspapers are allowed to publish -
A ten year German-Polish Non-Agression Pact is signed
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The German President Paul von Hindenburg dies, allowing Hitler to merge the positions of President and Chancellor.
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The Nuremberg Laws are passed, prohibiting marriages and relationships between Jews and Germans and stripping Jews of their German citizenship.
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Germany reoccupies Rhineland, directly breaking the terms of the Treaty of Versailles
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A law was passed stating that all Jews in Germany were required to adopt a new middle name; ‘Israel’ for men and ‘Sara’ for women.
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Passports of Jewish citizens began to be stamped with a large ‘J’ for Jew
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Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass) refers to the violent anti-Jewish violence which took place on November 9 and 10, 1938. Synagogues were destroyed and Jewish shops were looted and ransacked. 91 Jews were killed and thousands of Jewish men were taken to concentration camps.
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Jewish people were no longer allowed to own businesses or sell goods. This systemic persecution of Jews made it extraordinarily hard for Jewish people to get enough money to live
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Following inconclusive elections, President Hindenburg invited Hitler to become chancellor of Germany.
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Nazi troops invade Czechoslovakia, breaking the Munich agreement which was agreed just six months prior. Jews were persecuted in all parts of Czechoslovakia under Nazi rule. -
Germany Invades Poland -
Great Britain and France declare war on Germany, enciting anger in Hitler.
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German forces invade France, creating the enviroment which allowed the persecution, deportation, and annihilation of Jews which occurs in France between 1940 and 1944.
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This law defined any person with three Jewish grandparents or, if the spouse is Jewish as well, two Jewish grandparents, as Jewish.
