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The enabling act passed in 1933 allowed for the Third Reich to issue laws without the support of the German Parliament. This gave them plenty of power and allowed their leader Adolf Hitler to become a prominate figure. He was able to push his ideas onto society and become chancellor
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A few months after the Nazi party came into power they issued an economic boycott against Jewish-owned businesses. German officers stood in front of Jewish businesses with signs advising against buying from Jews or painting the as evil. -
After the Death of german president Hindenburg, with support from the German armed forces and no one to oppose or limit him Hitler becomes the absolute dictator of Germany.
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The Nuremberg Race Laws were a set of anti-Semitic laws passed by the German parliament. These laws officially divided Germans and Jewish people in society.
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The Buchenwald concentration camp opened as a camp for male prisoners in east-central Germany. It was one of the largest camps inside the borders but women were not added to the camp until 1944. -
German troops invade and take over Austria. Following the takeover, The streets of Vienna flooded with violence against Jewish people, property, and churches.
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The Nazi authority built the greatest complex of concentration camps of its type at Auschwitz. There were three primary camps there, and they all used jailed people for forced labor. One of them also served as a killing facility for a considerable amount of time. -
After being surrounded by multiple countries Germans were forced to surrender. As the Russians advanced on Hitler's bunker he commits suicide. After the fall of Berlin celebration spreads through many countries.
