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The holocaust

By lexi24
  • president Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler chancellor of Germany

    president Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler chancellor of Germany

  • SS opens concentration camp outside of Munich

    SS opens concentration camp outside of Munich

  • German troops entered Rhineland

    German troops entered Rhineland

    area in western Germany that the Versailles Treaty explicitly banned them from occupying. no action
  • Hitler and Mussolini signed an agreement

    Hitler and Mussolini signed an agreement

    Began alliance between two nations. Germany, Italy, and later
    Japan, became known as the Axis Powers.
  • Germany took over Austria.

    Germany took over Austria.

    Hitler demanded the Sudetenland, a region of Czechoslovakia.
    Following the policy of appeasement British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain agreed to allow Hitler to occupy the Sudetenland.
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    Kristallnacht

    Nazi thugs throughout Germany and Austria looted and destroyed Jewish stores, houses, and synagogues.
  • Wannsee Conference held near Berlin, Germany.

    Wannsee Conference held near Berlin, Germany.

  • Germans begin the deportation of more than 65,000 Jews

    Germans begin the deportation of more than 65,000 Jews

    from Drancy, outside Paris, to the east
  • Germans begin the mass deportation of over 300,000 Jews

    Germans begin the mass deportation of over 300,000 Jews

    from the Warsaw ghetto to the Treblinka killing center.
  • Battle of the Bulge.

    Battle of the Bulge.

  • Warsaw ghetto uprising begins.

    Warsaw ghetto uprising begins.

  • The Soviets launch their final offensive in Berlin.

    The Soviets launch their final offensive in Berlin.

  • Adolf Hitler commits suicide.

    Adolf Hitler commits suicide.

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    Germany surrenders to the western Allies and Germany surrenders to the Soviets