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Treaty of versailles
Germany surrenders to Allies lose world war 1 and are forced to sign unfavorable treaty of Versailles 1-lose land 2-lose military 3-pay back money to winners -
Beerhall putsch
Hitler attempts to overthrow the German governments -
Hitler on trial
Uses trial to give huge speech further blaming Jews for problems of Germany -
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republic style in Germany
people voted for people to present them -
Reichstag Fire of February 1933
Hitler blames communists for the fire.Hitler had a group called the SA start the fire. -
Enabling Act of march
basically gives power of decisions making to Hitler.Within a few months,all other political parties besides the Nazis were eliminated .This allowed Hitler to get rid of all of his rivals.At this time we see an official boycott of Jewish businesses as well. -
First concentration camps set up
mostly for political prisoners,early on,the camps were for imprisonment and hard labor, not for killing. -
Hitler is named chancellor
How Hitler gained support and worked his way up to chancellor,he eliminated political rivals to be head of Nazis.Rising popularity of Nazis forces Hindenburg to give him some power -
Nuremberg Laws
Nazis needed a way to identify Jews so they could discriminate them.Nuremberg Laws defined people with 3 ot 4 Jewish Grandparents as ¨Jewish¨ and 1 or 2 as ¨Mixed Blood¨ -
Appeasement
Germany Army moves into Austria and Germany annexes Czechoslovakia, To avoid war, other countries let them do it. -
Kristallnacht (night of broken glass)
In response of the murder of a German diplomat,orders are giving to Nazi party members to riot against Jewish businesses and homes...but make it look like a civilian uprising -
Nazis create the Ghetto
Nazis begin rounding up millions of Jews and confining them to ghetto-the largest Ghettos were in cities like Warsaw or Lodz in Poland. -
Euthanasia program begins
systematic killing of those Germans whom the Nazis deemed ¨unworthy of life¨ because of mental illness or physical disability.Eventually 80,000 people with disabilities will be killed. -
Germany Invades Poland
(Which has 3 million Jews in it´s population)World War II begins. -
The First ¨Death Camp¨
First death camp opens at central Poland. Vans with small gas chambers in the rear are used. -
Wannsee Conference
Nazi Leaders approve the ¨FINAL SOLUTION¨ or plan to EXTERMINATE THEJEWS -
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
residents smuggled weapons in,SS troops arrested and deported residents after the uprising ended,uprising lasted for about a month -
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camp rebellions
prisoners fought back at death camps,after stealing weapons from guards,prisoner tried to escape.Most were killed but a few dozen made it out and survived the war.Auschwitz- members of the sonderkommando working in the crematoria 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 toward death camps,Nazis evacuate prisoners ,march them into Germany to avoid capture,Brutal treatment and harsh conditions along the way. -
Non-violent resistance
instead of fighting,many used non-violent forms of resistance includes...Prayer groups,Non-complains,Music,Art work,Schooling -
Hitler
Hitler commits suicide rather than face capture by the Soviet Red Army. Germany surrenders within a week -
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Nuremberg Trial
The allies and in the international community put a number of Germans on trial for War Crimes,Crimes Against Peace and Crimes Against Humanity.