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Treaty of Versailles
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Dec, 1920- 2.37
Dec, 1921- 3.90
Dec, 1922-163.15
Jan, 1923- 250
Apr, 1923- 3,474
Jul, 1923- 3,465
Aug, 1923- 69,000
Sep, 1923- 1.512 million
Oct 1923- 1.743 billion
Nov, 1923- 201 billion
Dec 1923- 399 billion -
Hitler attempts to overthrow the German government
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The president was a popular war hero named Hindenburg
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Eliminated political rivals to be head of Nazis
Rose popularity of Nazis forces Hindenburg to give him some power -
Hitler blames communists for the fire
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Within a few months all other political parties besides the Nazis were eliminated which allowed Hitler to get rid of all his rivals
At this time we see an official boycott of Jewish business as well -
They're not death camps - they're work camps. Early on the camps were for imprisonment and hard labor, not killing
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Grounds of an abandoned munitions factory near the town of Dachau
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Nazis needed a way to identify Jew so they could discriminate them
Nuremberg Laws defined people with 3 or 4 Jewish grandparents as "Jewish" and 1 or 2 as "Mixed Blood" -
German Army moves into Austria and Germany annexes Czechoslovakia
To avoid war, other countries let them do it -
WWII begins, a World War will result in the destruction of the Jewish race in Europe
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Largest ghettos were in cities like Warsaw or Lodz in Poland
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Systematic killing of those Germans whom the Nazis deemed "unworthy of life' because of mental illness or physical disability.
Eventually killed 80,000 people with disabilities will be killed -
The first death camp opens at Chelmno in Central Poland
Vans with small gas chambers in the rear are used
At the same time, Zyklon B gas is first tested at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp as a use for mass extermination
This would become the Nazis' "preferred method" for the Auschwitz Birkenau and Majdanek camps -
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
Largest mass-killing by Einsatzgruppen on record was at Babi Yar in Ukraine. 33,000 people were killed in just under 2 days -
Nazi leaders to approve the "final solution" or plan to exterminate the Jews
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Residents smuggled weapons
Uprising lasted about a month
SS troops arrested and deported residents after the uprising ended -
Prisoners fought back at death camps
Treblinka 1943/Sobibor 1934
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 Sonderkommando working in the Crematorium fought SS guards killing over 70, but all 250 as well as 200 others were killed in respose -
Allie advancing towards death camps
Nazis Evacuate prisoners, march them into Germany to avoid capture
Brutal treatment and harsh conditions along the way -
Camps throughout Europe are liberated by allied forces
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Hitler commits suicide (30) rather than face capture by the Soviet Red Army
Germany surrenders within a week ( -
Nuremberg Trials; The allies and the international community put a number of Germans on trial fro war crimes, Crimes Against Peace and Crimes Against Humanity.