The Gradual Increase of Nazi Persecution of the Poles

By divyam.nandi

  • Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany

    This shows persecution against Poles because when Hitler was appointed head of the nazi party it started Hitler's rise to power and the german dictatorship.

  • Reichstag Fire Decree

    This law shows persecution against Polish people because it made it so that Poles living in German territory couldn’t find out what was actually happening, only what the German government wanted them to know.

  • Dachau Concentration Camp Opens

    This shows persecution against Poles because this starts the killings of hundreds of people just because the nazis don’t like them.

  • Enabling Act

    This law shows persecution against Poles because it made it so that Hitler could make any law without the decision of the parliament, so he could make a law that all Poles would be killed.

  • Burning of “Un-German” Books

    This shows persecution against Poles because then people will only be exposed to nazi stuff so they will want to be a nazi more and more and people will be killed just because they had a book.

  • Press Censorship Law

    This law shows persecution against Poles because it made it so that no one had freedom of speech and if the were against the nazis they would be killed.

  • Law Against Criminals

    This law shows persecution against Poles because if the nazis though that someone was a habitual criminal they would have to keep them in prison indefinitely.

  • Hitler Becomes Fuhrer

    This shows persecution against Poles because when Hitler became president he made it so that he could do anything he wanted like kill everyone that wasn’t Aryan.

  • Polish Jews Deported from Germany

    This shows persecution against Poles because they deported Polish Jews from Germany and it shows that Hitler didn’t like Polish people and was willing to put them in concentration camps just because they practiced judaism.

  • Szeina Katzenelenboigen

    Nazis persecuted Szeina In 1941 when they took Szeina to the local Jewish cemetery and murdered jews in a mass shooting Szeina was one of the many victims and got buried in one big hole. She died when she was 41 years old.

  • Announcement of Death Penalty for Aiding Jews

    This law shows persecution against Poles because if a Polish person was trying to be nice and help some Jews, if they were found they would be killed just for helping Jews.