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Beginning of The Holocaust
The Jews were subject to harsh conditions, things taken away from them, restrictions etc. The start of Genocide to the Jews, -
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The Holocaust
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Nazi Boycotts
The Nazi's stage boycott of Jewish shops and businesses. -
Burning Jewish Books
The Nazi's started the Burning of Jewish books, or books by Jewish writers in Berlin and throughout Germany. -
Nazi Party
The Nazi Party is declared the only legal party in Germany, and Nazis pass Law to strip Jewish immigrants from Poland of their German citizenship. -
Prohibition
Nazis prohibit Jews from owning land. -
Concentration camps Law
Nazis pass a Law against Habitual and Dangerous Criminals, which allows beggars, the homeless, alcoholics and the unemployed to be sent to concentration camps. -
German Labor Front
Jews are banned from the German Labor Front. -
Purge
The Night of Long Knives occurs as Hitler, Göring and Himmler conduct a purge of the Storm Trooper leadership. -
Hitler becomes leader of Germany
German President von Hindenburg dies. Hitler becomes Führer of Germany. -
Jews banned from Military
The Nazi's ban Jews from serving in the military. -
Jewish Cultural Unions
The Nazi's force Jewish performers/artists to join Jewish Cultural Unions. -
Start of Concentration Camps
SS Deathshead division is established to guard concentration camps. -
Olympic games begin in Berlin
Olympic games begin in Berlin. Hitler and top Nazis seek to gain legitimacy through favorable public opinion from foreign visitors and thus temporarily refrain from actions against Jews. -
Jews are banned from many things
Jews are banned from many professional occupations including teaching Germans, and from being accountants or dentists. They are also denied tax reductions and child allowances. -
Hitler enters Austria
Nazi troops enter Austria, which has a population of 200,000 Jews, mainly living in Vienna. Hitler announces Anschluss (union) with Austria. -
Concentration camp established
- After the Anschluss, the SS is placed in charge of Jewish affairs in Austria with Adolf Eichmann establishing an Office for Jewish Emigration in Vienna. Himmler then establishes Mauthausen concentration camp near Linz.
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Nazi's occupy Sudetenland
The Nazi troops occupy the Sudetenland. -
17,000 Jews arrested
Nazis arrest 17,000 Jews of Polish nationality living in Germany, then expel them back to Poland which refuses them entry, leaving them in 'No-Man's Land' near the Polish border for several months. -
Kristallnacht occurs
Kristallnacht was an event that occured where Nazi's attacked and destroyed all things that belonged to the jews. -
German Invasion of Poland
Nazi Germany sent troops to Poland, to initiate WWII -
Auschwitz Camp Established
SS authorities establish the largest concentration camp complex of the Nazi regime. -
Warsaw Ghetto Sealed
The ghetto was enclosed by a wall that was over ten feet high, topped with barbed wire. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan launches a surprise attack on the United States Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, severely damaging the installation. -
U.S. Declares War on Japan
President Roosevelt asks the US Congress to declare war on Japan following the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. -
Liberation of Dachau
US forces liberate the Dachau camp. -
Liberation of Ravensbrück
The vanguard of the Soviet Army arrives at the Ravensbrück camp. -
German Surrender
German armed forces surrender unconditionally to Allied forces in the west.