Holocaust

By bernielang

  • The Persecution Begins

    The Persecution Begins
    Shortly after Hitler tookpower in germany, he ordered all "non Aryans" to be removed from government jobs. This order was one of the first moves in a campaign for radical purity that eventually led to the Holocaust.

  • After Taking Power

    After Taking Power
    After taking power in 1933, the Nazis had concentrated on silencing their politicalopponents-communists, socialists, liberals, and anyone else who spoke out against the government.

  • Jews Target

    Jews Target
    In 1935, the Nureemberg Laws stripped Jews of their German citizenship, jobs, and property. To make it easier for the Nazis to identify them, jews had to wear a bright yellow Star of David attached to their clothing.

  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht
    November 9-10, 1938, became known as Kristallnacht. nazi storm troopers attacked Jewish homes, buisnesses, and synagogues across Germany.

  • The Pleight of the ST. Louis

    The Pleight of the ST. Louis
    This german ocean liner passed Miami in 1939. Although 740 of the liner's 934 passengers had U.S. immigration papers, the Coast Guard followed the ship to prevent anyone from disembarking in America. The ship was forced to return to Europe.

  • The Final Solution

    The Final Solution
    By 1939 only about a quarter million Jews remained in Germany. But other nations that Hitler occupied had millions more. Obsessed with a desire to rid Europe of its Jews, Hitler imposed what he called the "Final Solution" -a policy of genocide, the deliberate and systematic killing of an entire population.
    Groups: Jews,Gypsies, Freemasons, Jehovah's Witnesses
    A concentration camp is a place where people are detained or confined without trial. Prisoners were kept in extremely harsh conditions.

  • Death Camps

    Death Camps
    The first, Chelmno, began operating in 1941- before the meeting in Wannsee. (Poland)
    Auschwitz (Poland) was one of the biggest ones. Totally Poland had six Death camps.

  • The Final Stage

    The Final Stage
    The Final Solution reached its final stage in early 1942. At a meeting held in Wannsee, a lakeside suburb near Berlin, Hitler's top officials agreed to begin a new phase of the mass murder of Jews. To mass slaughter and starvation they would add a third method of killing - murder by poison gas.