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Dachau Concentration camps
It opened up concentration camps. It persecutes people that opposed the Nazis because whoever didn’t like them got put in a concentration camp. -
Enabling Act
“Law for Rectification of the Distress of Nation and Reich” was passed on the date 3/23/33 and was targeted toward the group of everyone in Germany, and it’s goal was to get everyone to vote for Hitler. The way that this was affecting everyone’s lives was because they were influenced to vote for a leader that is actually not going to do much good for them.
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Dachau Concentration camps
It opened up concentration camps. It persecutes people that opposed the Nazis because whoever didn’t like them got put in a concentration camp. -
Burning of “Un-German” books
Hitler ordered all of the books that were made by a Un-German, Jew, or Anti-Nazi, were burned. This shows persecution because if a Soviet Soldier made a book, then it was burned. -
Law for the Protection of German blood and honor
Jewish people could not marry non Jews. It was illegal for couples to be of mixed race. This shows persecution because if soviet troops wanted to marry someone jewish, they couldn’t. -
Nazi Soviet Union Pact
Germany and the Soviet Union signed a secret agreement to not attack each other for 10 years. This persecutes the Soviet Union because Germany also saw them as an enemy, so they linked them with Jews. -
German Military Issues Commissar Order
The Order encouraged and authorized German Soldiers to execute commissioners. They also didn't have to follow laws of war. (German military).This shows persecution against soviet soldiers because they would follow laws of war but the German military didn’t. -
Reichstag Fire Decree
This law was put into place by President von Hindenburg. This law took away freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the right for people to assemble. This meant that the government now could control what was being published to citizens of Germany. This shows persecution because they wouldn’t have the freedom of speech, of the press, and right for people to assemble. -
Announcement of Death Penalty for Aiding Jews
What the law does is it tells people if they help jews or if they were caught hiding they will get a death penalty. This shows persecution because if they were hiding them then they would get the death penalty. -
German Defeat at Stalingard
Germany surrendered after 7 months to try to take over the Soviet Union. This persecutes the Soviet Union because they tried to take over and probably killed a lot of Soviet Soldiers and they signed a secret agreement and still tried to take over. -
German Forces Surrender
When Hitler commited suicide, the German officials surrendered. This doesn’t really persecute the Soviet Union because they won.