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Holocaust
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Nazi's take away Jews right to own land
The start to the holocaust with injustices towards Jews. -
Hitler threatens Jews
The Reichstag speech made by Adolf Hitler was a speech threatening all Jews. -
Yellow Stars
Hitler required all Polish Jews over 10 years of age to listen to wear the yellow star badge verifying their religious views. -
More Yellow Stars
German Jews now forced to wear yellow star badges. -
Gassing became possible
Chelmno extermination camp becomes operational. Jews taken there are placed in mobile gas vans and driven to a burial place while carbon monoxide from the engine exhaust is fed into the sealed rear compartment, killing them. -
War
Nazi Germany declares war on the United States. -
Auschwitz
Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz camp complex. -
Suicide
Adolf Hitler commits suicide bringing an end to the war. -
Finally Free
Americans free 33,000 inmates from concentration camps.
