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Adolf Hitler is Chancellor of Germany
A nation with Jewish population of 566,000 -
Reichstag building Burned
Nazi's burn this building to create atmosphere -
Sterilization
A law is passed allowing forced sterilization for those who have birth defects -
Nazi Party
The only legal party in Germany and at the same time a Law was passed that stripped Jewish immigrants from Poland their German citizenship. -
German President Dies
Hitler becomes Fuhrer -
Nuremberg Race Laws
The "Nuremburg Laws" excluded German Jews from citizenship and prevented them from interracial marriage between anyone with "German blood". -
Nuremberg Race Laws against Jew decreed
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Jews are prohibited from all legal practices
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Kristallnacht
"Night of Crystal" referred to as "Night of Broken Glass" -
World War II
Germany invades Poland, starting World War II in Europe -
France signs an armistice with HItler
A armistice is when you are in a war and the different parties agree to stop fighting. -
German Jews are forced into labor
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Russia is invaded by Nazis
Jewish Population: 3 million -
Yellow Stars
Worn by all German Jews -
33,771 Jews Murdered
SS Einsatzgruppen Massacre -
Nazi Germany declares war on the U.S
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200 Jews escape from Treblinka extermination camp
Nazis hunted them down one by one -
President Roosevelt
He issuses a statement condemning German and Japanese ongoing crimes against humanity -
Last use of the gas chambers
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Auschwitz was liberated by Russian troops
Estimated 2,000,000 people including 1,500,000 Jews have murder there. -
40,000 prisoners freed
They reported "both inside and outside the huts was a carpet of dead bodies, human excreta, rags, and filth -
HItler commits suicide
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Americans free 33,000 inmates from concentration camps
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World War II Ends
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Period: to
Holocaust
Mass murder or genocide of Jews during World War II -
D-Day
Allied forces invade Normandy, France
