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Harry pauly
Harry was arrested at the age of 22 for being a homosexual and put into a physical labor camp multiple times. -
Reichstag fire decree
This law was put into place by President von Hindenburg. This law took away the 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. -
Burning of “ un-German” books
Basically, what happened in this event is Hitler ordered all of the Nazis to burn all of the books, almost, because the only books considered to be okay were ones that were pro-nazi. Any book that was Anti-Nazi, Un-German, or published by a Jew was burned. -
Mandatory military service
When a military needs people to fight in a war, but there aren't enough volunteers, sometimes they'll begin conscription, which is a law that says if you are able to fight, you have to fight. Also called the draft, conscription legally requires people to join the army, with penalties if they don't. -
Revision of paragraph 175
This law was already an existing law but it was revised by the German government. This law had gay men persecuted because they were seen as corrupting “ german Values” because they were not adding to the population, But since lesbians could still have biological children they were usually not targeted. -
Nuremberg laws extended
Roma, Sinti, and Afro-Germans lost their citizenship and were not allowed to marry “Aryan” Germans. -
Nazi soviet pact
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a secret agreement stating not to attack each other for 10 years and agreed to divide Eastern Europe -
Italy declares war on britain and france
in June of 1940, the Axis side declared war on Great Britain and France. By doing that Italy officially entered world war II. -
U.S enters WW2
World War 2 was caused because of World War 1. Germany was blamed for World War 1, and they had to pay lots of money, which started World War 2, but then Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, so the U.S joined. -
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. -
Allies condemn mass murder
Nazi Germany wanted to have a declaration of the policy of “Cold-Blooded extermination and vowed that the perpetrators of the atrocities would not escape punishment after the war.