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Treaty of Versailles
This was important because it brought World War one to an end. It brought pain to a lot the Germany people. They loose land, they are forced to give away their land. They had to pay money back to the winners of the war. -
Beerhall Putch
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Hyper Inflation
When prices raise so fast it gets out of control and couldn't be controlled. prince of bread in Germany. In 1920 a 2lb loaf of bread costs, 2.37 a year later bread is 3.90 and another year later it is 163.15. Now a month passed and the bread went down to 250 and to July 3,465. August is 69,00. In September 1.512 million dollars. In October it was 1.743 billion marks. Then in November it was 201 billion marks. And after all that back to December it was 399 million marks. -
Hitler on trial
Uses trial to give huge speech further blaming Jews for problems of Germany. Talks mostly about how the problems about German government. -
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Republic style Government
The president was a popular was hero named Hindenburg. But his health began to fail him in the early 1930's. The Nazi's became super popular. -
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Weimar Republic
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Anne Frank is born
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler was leader of the Nazi Party. Hitler got his power by brain washing his people for 10 years. When he was elected president you could say, he promised all the people that he would change all the bad things and make them good. He also said he would change there lives. He said that he will make it a better place to live. Rising population of Nazis forces Hindenburg to give him some power. Eliminate political rivals to be head of Nazis -
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Holocasut
The Holocaust is one of the most terrible events in human history. It occurred during World War 2 when Hitler was leader of Germany. Six million Jewish people were murdered by the Nazis. This included as many as 1 million Jewish children. Millions of other people that Hitler didn't like were killed as well. This included Polish people, Catholics, Serbs, and handicapped people. It is thought that the Nazis murdered as many as 17 million innocent people. -
Reichstag Fire of Febuary
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Enabling act of march
Basically gives power of his decision making to Hitler. Within a few months, all other Nazis were eliminated. This allows hilter to rid of all his rivals. At this time, we see an Official boycott of Jewish businesses as well. -
Nuremberg Laws
Nazis needed a way to identify Jews so they could discriminate them. Nuremberg Laws defined people with 3 or 4 Jewish Grandparents as "Jewish" and 1 or 2 as "Mixed Blood". 1. denied citizenship 2. forbade Jews from marrying non-Jews. 3. Cannot fly national flag. -
Kristallnacht
The kirstallnacht is also known as the night of the broken glass. The night where all the Jewish homes got destroyed and run down by all of Germany. Hitler made that night sound like a party. -
Germany Invades Poland
3 millon Jews in Poland. -
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World War II
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The Euthanasia Program
Systematically killing those deemed "unworthy of life" due to physical disability or mental illness. -
Ghettos
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Wannsee Conference
Nazi leader approve the "final solution" or plan to exterminate Jews. -
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Einsatzgruppen
Mobile killing squads or "action kommandos" As the army advanced into the Soviet Union, these groups would round up Jews from the newly occupied areas and kill them... usually by shooting. -
What happened to the survivors?
Displaced Persons Camps- Areas for former prisoners to stay while searching for family and a permanent place to live. -
Mr.Dussel moves into annex
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Zyklon b gas
used to kill the people in the chambers. Reacts to air, open can and the gas will end up coming out. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Residents smuggled weapons in
Uprising lasted for about a month
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Einsatzgruppen
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Camp Rebellions
Prisoners fought back at death camps...Treblinka (Aug. 1943) Sobibor (Oct.1944). After stealing weapons from guards, prisoners tried to escape. Most were killed but a few dozen made it out and survived the war. Auschwitz Birkenau 1944. Members of the Sonderkommandp working in the crematorium fought SS guards killing over 70, but all 250 as well as 200 others were killed in response. -
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Death marches
Allies advancing towards death camps.
Nazis evacuate prisoners, march them into Germany to avoid capture.
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Secret Annex was discovered and captured by Nazis
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Liberation of Concentration camps
Soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp prisoners in the final stages of the war. On January 27, 1945, they entered Auschwitz and there found hundreds of sick and exhausted prisoners. -
Liberation
The people are being freed. Camps throughout Europe are liberated by Allied forces. -
The War Ends
April 30 Hitler commits suicide rather than face capture by the Soviet Red Army. Germany surrenders within a week. May 8 they surrendered. -
Anne's death was confirmed by Otto Frank
Life was rough, she was basically like locked up for 1.5 years. No talking, no movement, no running water, for a whole 8 hours. She loved singing and she had to wait to sing until it was after 6. She had died at a concentration camp. -
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Nuremberg Trials
The Allies and the Internal Community put a number of Germans on trial for War Crimes, Crimes Against Peace and Crimes Against Humanity.