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a little bit before of the holocaust
before the holocaust even started Hitler gained power over Germany. -
Hitler sends 30,000 Jewish men to the first concentration camps.
during Kristallnacht Hitler sent the first 30000 Jewish men to concentration camp, located in Dachau, Germany. -
the start of the start of the holocaust.
before Hitler started mass-murdering jews he had the German people harass them. then a young Jewish man shot a German diplomat for harassing his mother. -
america gets news
In May 1939 the passenger ship St. Louis sailed from Germany to
Cuba carrying 937 passengers, most of them Jews. Unknown to the passengers, the Cuban government had revoked their landing certificates. After the U.S. government denied permission for the
passengers to enter the United States, the St. Louis
returned to Europe. Some 250 of the refugees would
later be killed in the Holocaust. -
WWII begins
Germany invades Poland then lays ruin to warsaw, Poland and then WWII starts. -
the allies are winning
By the end of 1942, however, the Allies were on the
offensive and ultimately drove back the German forces. -
germany surrenders
The war in Europe ended with the unconditional
surrender of Germany in May 1945. -
WWII ends
with WWII ending the allies find a whole bunch of concentration camps and were horrified at what they saw.