Holocaust Unit

  • 1923 Beerhall putsch

    Hitler attempts to overthrow the German government
  • Hitler on Trial

    Uses trial to give huge speech further blaming Jews for problems of Germany. Hitler tries to eliminate political rivals to be head of the Nazi party. Hitler becomes more popular in jail.
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    Republic style in the environment

    the president was a popular war hero named hindenburg
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    Anne Frank is born

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    Reichstag fire

    Hitler blames communists for fire,basically gives power of decision making to Hitler within a few months all other political parties besides the Nazis were eliminated this allowed Hitler to get rid of all his rivals
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    Holocaust

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    Zyklon B

    this would became the Nazis preferred method for the Birkenau and Majdanek camps
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    Einsatzgruppen

    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
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    Wannsee conference

    Nazi leaders approve the final sqlution or plan to extrminate the jews
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    Warsaw Ghetto uprising

    Residents smuggled weapons in
    Uprising lasted for about a month
    55 troops arrested and deported residents after the uprising ended
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    camp rebellions

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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
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    late April early ma 1945

    Hitler commits suicide rather than face capture by the soviet red army Germany surrenders within a week
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    Liberation

    camps throughout Europe are liberated y allied forces
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    what now?

    international community put number of Germans on trial for war crimes ,crimes against peace and crimes Against humanity