LaShaun The Holocaust

By johnlas

  • Hitler Bursts onto the scene

    Hitler attempts to overthrow the German Government
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    Republic Government

    The president was a popular war hero named Hindenburg

  • Hitler is named chancellor

    He eliminate political rivals to be head of Nazis. he was rising popularity of Nazis forces Hindenburg to give him some power

  • The Reichstag got set on fire

    Hitler blames communists for fire

  • Enabling act

    Hitler had got the power to do whatever he wants to do. Within a few months, all other political parties besides the Nazis were eliminated. This allowed Hitler to get rid of all his rivals

  • First Concentration Camps set up, mostly for political prisoners

    Early on, the camps were for imprisonment and hard labor, not for killing

  • what happened at the camps in the early years

    This is the time period where the Nazis trained their guards and administrators and figured out how to run camps

  • Hitler invaded poland

    Germany invades Poland (which has 3 million Jews in its population).WWII Begins

  • Ghettos

    Largest ghettos were in cities like Warsaw or Lodz in Poland 1939

  • 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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    World war II

    World war II Started

  • Zyklon B

    Zyklon B gas is first tested at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp as a use for mass extermation

  • Death Camps

    First "Death Camp" opens at chelmno (in Central Poland)... Vans With small gas chambers in the rear are used

  • wannsee conference

    Nazis leaders approve the "Final solution" or plan to exterminate the jews

  • Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

    -Residents smuggled weapons in Poland
    -Uprising lasted for about a month
    -SS troops arrested and deported residents after the Uprising ended

  • Camp Rebellions

    Prisoners fought back death camps... Treblinka ( Aug. 1943) Sobibor (Oct. 1943) After stealing weapons from guards, prisoners tired to escape. Most were killed but a few dozen made it out and survived the war.
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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

  • Free at Last

    Camps throughout Europe are liberated by Allied fotces

  • World War II Ended

    Hitler commits suicide rather than face capture by the Soviet Red Army
    Germany surrenders within a week
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    Nuremberg Trails

    The Allies and the International Community put a number of Germans on trail for War Crimes, Crimes against peace and Crimes Against Humanity