holocaust

  • take over in power

    take over in power

    Adolf Hitler was appointed as chancellor.
  • the "science" of race

    the "science" of race

    many of the Hitler youth would receive instructions on racial hygiene in a youth training facility. the Nazi divided the world race into two groups the superior and inferior races. the germans belonged to the "Aryan race". the typical german was blond hair, blue eyes, and tall stature.
  • Enemies of the state

    Enemies of the state

    the concentration camps had the Jews were made to wear colored triangular badges to identify the prisoners and what category they were in.
  • boycott on jewish owned stores

    boycott on jewish owned stores

    Hitler posted a sign that said to germans to shop only at the german owned store. After 24 hours the boycott was called off because no one was following the signs that he posted
  • Life in the ghetto

    Life in the ghetto

    many jews had to wait in long lines to get food at soup kitchens. the ghettos were almost like a city but full of Jews. they did that so they could separate the Germans and Jews
  • Nazi race laws

    Nazi race laws

    they had charts that told people how they would be considered. if you had one grandparent that was Jewish then you would be considered Jewish. you did not have to practice the religion to be considered a jew. the law also prohibited marriage and sexual relation- ship between jews and non-jews.
  • kristallnacht/"night of broken glass"

    kristallnacht/"night of broken glass"

    the people of rosstock, germany watched the during synagogue the morning after kristallnacht.
  • the rescue

    the rescue

    many weeks the danish rescuers ferried 7,220 jews to afty across the narrow strait to neutral Sweden. more than 90% of the Jews were saved from getting deported to the concentration camps. the code name for the boat that people getting to escape was helsingør sewing club