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Persecution Begins
Hitler ordered all "non-Aryans" to be removed from government jobs. -
Nazis
Nazis concentrated on silencing their political opponents- communists, socialists, liberals. and anyone else who spoke out against the government. -
Nuremberg Law
Muremburg Laws stripped Jews of their German citizenship, jobs, and property. -
Kristallnacht "Night of Broken Glass"
Nazi storm troopers attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues across Germany. -
Final Solution
Nazis eliminated gypsies, freemasons, Jehovah witnesses, and other Germans who they found unfit to be part of the "master race." -
Pllight of the St. Louis
Coast Gurard followed the ship to prevent anyone from disembarking in America. The ship was forced to return to Europe. -
Death Camps
Germans built six death camps in Poland. First was Chelmno. Each camp had several gas chambers. Aushchwitz was the largest camp. -
Final Stage
Hitler's top officials agreed to begin a new phase of the mass murder of the Jews. They would add murder by poison gas to mass slaughter and starvation.