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Dachau was the first regular concentration camp set up by the nazis. It was originally just for political prisoners/opponents but over time started expanding to other groups. Prisoners were forced to do labor and had medical experiments done on them. It was liberated on April 29th 1945 -
The Nazis carried out a boycott of Jewish-owned businesses and shops. This was the first mass action the regime took against the Jews of Germany. -
They were antisemitic and racist laws that were enacted in Nazi Germany at a special meeting of the Reichstag convened during the annual Nuremberg Rally of the Nazi Party. They forbade marriages between Jews and Germans and the employment of German females under 45 in Jewish households; declared that only those of German or related blood were eligible to be German citizens -
Also called "The Night of Broken Glass" was when Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues were attacked/destroyed. Nazi officials ordered the attack on the Jews in Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland. It was in retaliation for a German diplomat in Paris who got murdered. -
The first experimental killings with gas took place at Auschwitz. This would soon lead to the more "efficient" way of killing Jews and other "inferior people". -
began after German troops entered the ghetto to deport its inhabitants. Jews inside the ghetto resisted the efforts. This was the largest uprising by Jews during WW2 and the first significant urban revolt against Germans in Europe. By May 16, 1943, the Germans had regained control. -
The first major camp liberated was Majdenek and it was liberated by the Soviets. At Majdanek, the Soviet troops encountered a number of prisoners who had not been evacuated. They also encountered substantial evidence of the mass murder committed by Nazi Germans. -
Because of the approaching Soviet Army, prisoners of Auschwitz were forced to march to other concentration and labor camps in central Germany. These marches are known as death marches. -
General Jodl and Admiral Friedeburg (Hitler committed suicide prior) signed unconditional surrender documents. This officially ended the Holocaust. -
The trials of high-ranking Nazi officials started in Nuremberg. They were tried for crimes against humanity and war crimes by Allied judges. Twelve of the officials were sentenced to death.