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Treaty of Versailles
1)Lose land 2)Lose military 3)Pay back money to winners -
Hyperinflation
Germany's prices rise very rapidly and at the same thing, prices rise out of control. Price of bread in Germany
Original €2.37
After WW1 €399,000,000,000 -
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 -
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Republic Government
The president was a popular war hero named Hindenburg - His health started to fail in the early 1930s -
Anne Frank Is Born
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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Hitler was a brilliant man, but he wasn't a good one, he was vulnerable. Germany lost WW1 so Hitler told Germany what they wanted to hear. Then he was elected Chancellor of Germany.
-Eliminate political rivals to be head of Nazis
-Rising popularity of Nazis forces Hindenburg to give him some power -
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Holocaust
Great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire. Adolf Hitler and Germany were involved. -
Reichstag Fire
Hitler blames Communists for fire -
Enabling Act
-Hitler gets power -
Nuremurg Laws
Nazis needed a way to identify Jews so they could discriminate them - Denied Citizenship
- Forbade Jews from marrying non-Jews
- Cannot fly national flag
- Punishments including fines, imprisonment, and hard labor Nuremberg Laws defined people with 3 or 4 Jewish Grandparents as "Jewish" and 1 or 2 as "Mixed Blood" -
Kristallnacht
The government announced to the public a holiday to burn down shops and tear apart everything Jewish. -
Germany Invades Poland
Poland had 3 million Jews... WWII Begins -
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World War Two
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Euthanasia Program Begins
- Euthanasia - systematic killing of those Germans whom the Nazis deemed "unworthy of life" because of mental illness or physical disability.
- Eventually, 80,000 people with disabilities will be killed.
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Ghettos
Nazis began rounding up millions of Jews and confining them to Ghettos. - Largest Ghettos were in cities like Warsaw or Lodz in Poland. -
Wannsee Conference
- Nazi Leaders approve the "Final Solution" or plan to exterminate the Jews.
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Einsatzgruppen
"Mobile killing squad"
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. -
Anne Frank's Family Goes Into Hiding
They were Jews scared of the Nazis, they hid in a secret room behind a bookshelf with the following people:
-Mr.Frank
-Anne Frank
-Mrs.Frank
-Margot
-Hermann
-Auguste van Pels
-Peter
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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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Liberation Of Concentration Camps
Everyone was released/set free from the camps -
Liberation
Camps throughout Europe are liberated by Allied forces. -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Hitler commits suicide rather than face capture by the Soviet Red Army. -
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Nuremburg Trials
The Allies and the International Community put a number of Germans on trial for War Crimes, Crimes Against Peace and Crimes Against Humanity. -
Mr. Frank returns to the annex and finds Anne’s Diary
Mr.Frank was fighting with Meip about leaving, then he found the diary, it showed the world all religions and race are equal.
