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Adolf Hitler became chancellor
He became chancellor by passing the enabling act -
book burning
Public burning of books written by Jews, political dissidents, and others not approved by the state -
Nazi race laws
"Nuremberg Laws": anti-Jewish racial laws enacted; Jews no longer considered German citizens; Jews could not marry Aryans; nor could they fly the German flag -
Search for refuge
unleashing of a wave of humiliation, terror, and confiscation, many Austrian Jews attempted to leave the country. -
Night of broken glass
the Nazi regime unleashed orchestrated anti-Jewish violence across greater Germany. -
American Responses
the passenger ship St. Louis—seen here
before departing Hamburg—sailed from Germany to
Cuba carrying 937 passengers, most of them Jews. -
The war begins
Sections of Warsaw lay in ruins following the invasion
and conquest of Poland by the German military -
Life in the ghetto
German authorities sealed the
Warsaw ghetto, severely restricting supplies for the
more than 300,000 Jews living there.
