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Hitler becomes Chancellor
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. He was the leader of the Nazi party and from this moment on Nazi Germany was up and running. -
Dachau opened
in Munich, Germany. opened two months after hitler is elected as chancellor, 243000 people murdered. -
Boycott of Jewish Businesses
first nationwide planned action against the Jews. claimed it was revenge on them for criticizing the Nazi regime -
Nuremberg Laws instituted
nazis announced new laws
made Jews secondary citizens
identification criteria
“protection of german blood”
state-sponsored discrimination -
Kristallnacht
the night of broken glass- massive coordinated attacks, synagouges, businesses, cemeteries. in response to the murder of a german diplomat by a jewish teenager (supposedly) -
Germany invades Poland
Caused Britain and France to declare war on Germany, initiating WWII. German expansion. Persuecuted the Slavs and killed the Polish Jews. -
Auschwitz established
Largest of the Nazi concentration and death camps. Located in Poland. More than 1 million people lose their lives. -
Final Solution begins
Hitler’s “final solution”–now known as the Holocaust–came to fruition under the cover of world war, with mass killing centers constructed in the concentration camps of occupied Poland. -
Liberation of Auschwitz
most of its population was evacuated and sent on a death march when the Soviet army entered Auschwitz and liberated more than 7,000 remaining prisoners, who were mostly ill and dying.