The Gradual Increase of Nazi Persecution of the soviet soldiers

  • Reichstag Fire Decree

    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.
    The soviet did not know what was going on
  • Dachau Concentration Camp Opens

    Dachau Concentration Camp Opens
    It was was the first concentration camp that opened, and it was built to hold people who went against the Nazi party and those who were considered political opponents.
    They were sent to the camps for no reason.
  • Press Censorship Law

    Press Censorship Law
    The German Propaganda Ministry kept registries of “racially pure” editors and journalists. New reporters had to register and show they were not Jewish. They were not told all the information.
  • Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honor

    Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honor
    People who are Jewish can only marry Jews.They can't marry anybody that is not a Jew. Soviet soldiers could not marry germans
  • Nazi-Soviet Pact

    Nazi-Soviet Pact
    In August of 1939,German anti semitic propaganda liked jews with communism and depicted the Soviet Union.Despite this, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a secret pact, vowing not to attack each other for 10 years.Germany broke the pact.
  • German Military Issues Commissar Order

    German Military Issues Commissar Order
    To spread pro-communism and propaganda, to Soviet troops it was a insults to the soviets.
  • Germany Invades the Soviet Union

    Germany Invades the Soviet Union
    between SS and police and Wehrmacht invaded the Soviet union.
    They were invading the soviets after they signed a treaty.
  • Mass Murder Begins at Chelmno

    Mass Murder Begins at Chelmno
    To carry out the mass murder of Europe's Jews, the SS established killing centers devoted exclusively or primarily to the destruction of human beings in gas chambers. Chelmno was among these killing centers.They were killed there for being at the camp
  • Aleksandr Tolupow

    Aleksandr Tolupow
    He was a soviet soldier that is why he was persecuted.
  • Announcement of Death Penalty for Aiding Jew

    Announcement of Death Penalty for Aiding Jew
    Anyone who was caught helping a jew would be sent to Poland for a death penalty. If the Soviets were helping jew.
  • German Defeat at Stalingrad

    German Defeat at Stalingrad
    The German military surrendered after 7 months to take the Soviet city of Salingrad. Soviet victory at the battle of Stalingrad marked a turning point in world war 2. The soviets beat the germans