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The Evian Conference
President Roosevelt called for an international conference to discuss the growing numbers of Jewish refugees. The Evian Conference, held in France in July 1938 failed to deal with the situation with the exception of the Dominican Republic, each of the 32 nations represented including the US, refused to open its doors to more immigrants. -
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The Holocaust
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Kristallnacht
Older people believed staying in Germany was safer than starting a new life with no money in a foreign country. Their illusions were destroyed on the night of November 9, 1938, when Nazi thugs throughout Germany and Austria looted and destroyed Jewish stores, houses, and synagogues.
This incident became known as Kristallnacht, or “Night of the Broken Glass,” a reference to the broken windows of the Jewish shops. Nearly every synagogue was destroyed. The Nazis arrested thousands of Jews tha -
The Wannsse Conference
Nazi officals met outside Berlin to agree on something new. They came up with a plan that would lead to concentration camps in Poland. They wanted to destroy the Jewish population. -
The Nuremburg Trials
Horrified by the death camps and by Germany's conduct during the war, the Allies placed a number of former Nazi leaders on trial. They charged them with crimes against peace, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. An International Military Tribunal composed of members selected by the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and France conducted the Nuremberg Trials in November 1945. Of the 24 Nazi defendants, 12 received the death sentence.