Holocaust Unit

By marshai

  • Treaty of Versailles

    The time after the WWII Germany had been very weak and Hitler took the for granted and told them they were going to be living a better life so then he decided to take all of the Jews and move them out of their houses. They brought the Jews to the Ghetto and made their lives miserable compared to everyone else. He progressively made it worse and then in developed into the holocaust.
    1. lose land
    2. lose military
    3. pay back money to winners

  • Hyperinflation

    prices rise so fast it gets out of control.

  • Price of Bread in Germany

    December 1920- 2.37 marks
    December 1921- 3.90 marks
    January 1923- 250 marks
    April 1923- 747 marks
    July 1923- 3,465 marks
    August 1923- 69,000 marks
    September 1923- 1.512 million marks
    October 1923- 1.743 billion marks
    November 1923- 201 billion marks
    December 1923- 399 billion marks

  • Hitler Bursts onto the Scene

    Beerhall Putsch: Hitler attempts to overthrow the German government
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    Republic Style of Government

    The President was a popular war hero named Hindenburg, but his health began to fail him in the early 1930's

  • Hitler on Trial

    Uses trial to give huge speech further blaming Jews for problems of Germany.

  • Anne Frank is Born

    Anne Frank is Born
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    Holocaust

    The holocaust was the "final solution". There was a bunch of killing and destruction of territory. Many Jewish people died.

  • Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler was a leader of a Nazi Party. He invaded Poland and caused WWII. He also was the leader of the Holocaust and helped kill 6 million Jews. He gained a lot of power because Germans were out of hope and were willing to do almost anything to revive their country.

  • Reichstag Fire of February

    Hitler blames Communists for fire.

  • Enabling Act of March 1933

    -basically gives power of decision making to Hitler
    -withing a few months, all other political parties besides the Nazis were eliminated
    -this allowed Hitler to get rid of all his rivals
    -at this time, we see an official boycott of Jewish businesses as well

  • Nuremberg Laws

    Nazis needed a way to identify Jews so they could discriminate them. Nuremberg Laws defined people with three or four Jewish Grandparents as "Jewish" and one or two as "Mixed Blood". Impact of Nuremberg Laws
    -Denied citizenship
    -Forbade Jews from marrying non-Jews
    -Cannot fly national flag
    -Punishments included fines, imprisonment and hard labor
    (Eventually many more discrimination laws would be put in place building on this one)

  • Kristallnacht

    It was nicknamed "The Night of Broken Glass" because many buildings along the edges of streets had smashed windows. Nazis set fire to buildings, stole things from Jewish homes, schools and businesses, and killed many people.

  • Nazis Begin Rounding Up Millions of Jews and Confirming Them to Ghettos

    Largest Ghettos were in cities like Warsaw or Lodz in Poland
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    WWII

  • Euthanasia Program

    systematically killing those deemed "unworthy of life" due to physical disability or mental illness

  • Germany invades Poland

    (which has 3 million Jews in its population) WWII begins "A World War will result in the destruction of the Jewish race in Europe" - Hitler

  • Wannsee Conference

    Nazi Leaders approve the "FINAL SOLUTION" or plan to exterminate the Jews

  • Anne Frank's Family Goes into Hiding

    Anne Frank's Family Goes into Hiding
    Anne Frank and her family went into hiding because they were Jewish and would've been sent to concentration camps. They hid with the Van Daan family.

  • Einsatzgruppen: Mobile Killing Squads

    As the army advanced into the Soviet Union, these groups would round up Jews from the newly occupied area and kill them... usually by shooting.

  • Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

    -residents smuggled weapons in
    -uprising lasted for about a month
    -SS troops arrested and deported residents after the uprising ended
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    Camp Rebellions

    Prisoners fought back at death camps
    Auschwitz-Birkenau
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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

  • Liberation of Concentration Camps

    Nazis were freed and the Jewish people may have gotten killed, beat, or severely injured.