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Treaty of Versailles.
The treaty of Versailles is important because it marked that the German people had lost the war. The Germans lost land, military, and had to pay money to the winners. -
Hyperinflation
The prices were rising so fast it got out of control.
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Beerhall Putsch
Hitler attempts to overthrow the German government. It didn't work because there was a traitor. -
Hitler on Trial
Hitler uses trial to give huge speech further blaming Jews for problems of Germany -
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Republic Style of Government
The government of Germany was a Republic, meaning that the people vote a leader to power. -
Great Depression
The stock market crashed and government stuff failed. -
Anne Frank is Born
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The Holocaust
This is an event in which millions of Jews were killed by the Nazi's who were attempting to make a perfect world. -
Hitler Became Chancellor of Germany.
This is an important time in history because this is when the cause of WW2 was elected. Hitler eliminated political rivals to be head of Nazis. Hitler's rising popularity of Nazis forces Hindenburg to give him some power. -
Reichstag Fire of February
Hitler blames communists for fire. Hitler's Nazis set it on fire. -
Enabling Act
This act gave the power of Germany all to Hitler. Within months, all of the other political parties were gone. -
Official Boycott of Jewish Businesses
The Jewish people no longer could have any businesses. -
Nuremberg Laws
Nazis decided who is Jewish and who is not. Nuremberg Laws defined people with 3 or 4 Jewish Grandparents as Jewish and 1 or 2 as mixed blood. -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht is when the German people went out in the night and broke glass of Jewish peoples houses. This is important because it is the first time in the Holocaust which the German showed hostility towards the Jewish people. -
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World War II
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Euthanasia Program
Systematically killing those deemed "unworthy of life" due to physical disability or mental illness. -
Germany Invades Poland
The German people had attacked the Polish people because there was 13 million Jews in its population. -
Nazis Begin Rounding Up Millions of Jews and Confining them to Ghettos
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Start testing Zyklon B
This was the perfected gas which had killed the Jews. It was the Nazi's preferred method for death camps. -
Wannsee Conference
Nazi Leaders approve the "final solution" or plan to exterminate the Jews. -
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Einsatzgruppen
As the army advanced into the Soviet Union, these groups would round up Jews from the newly occupied areas and kill them... usually by shooting. -
Anne Frank's Family Goes into Hiding
Anne Frank went into hiding because the Nazi's had called them to the concentration camps. They went into hiding with the Van Daans, Mr. Kraler, and Meip. They were going into hiding at Mr. Frank's old workplace in a hidden attic. -
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Death Marches
Allies advancing towards death camps. Nazi's evacuate prisoners, march them into Germany to avoid capture. Brutal treatment and harsh conditions along the way. -
Liberation of Concentration Camps.
This event is important because all of the Jewish people who were trapped in concentration camps got freedom. -
Mr. Frank Returns to the Annex and Finds Anne's Diary
The annex was very cluttered and it looked like the people had left very hastily. Anne's diary was important because it made people remember how horrible the Holocaust was. -
LIBERATION!
Camps across Europe are being liberated at the end of the war. They are liberated by Allied Forces. -
Hitler Kills Himself
Hitler commits suicide rather than face capture by the Soviet Red Army. -
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Nuremberg Trials
A series of trials where they put the Nazi's on trial. The Allies and the International Community put a number of Germans on trial for War Crimes, Crimes Against peace and Crimes Against Humanity. -
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Displaced Persons Camps
Areas for former prisoners to stay a while searching for family and a permanent place to live. -
Liberation Definition
Liberation means to free or liberate someone.