The Holocaust unit

  • Germany declares war

  • Treaty of Versailles

    This treaty officially ended world war 1. Germany surrendered to Allies and lost land, military,and they had to pay back money to the winners.
  • Beerhall Putsch

    Hitler attempts to overthrow the German government.
  • Hitler on trial

    Uses trial to give speech further blaming Jews for problems of Germany.
  • Hitler on trial

    Uses trial to give huge speech further blaming Jews for problems of Germany.
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    Germany had a Republic

  • Ann Frank is born

  • Hyper inflation

    Prices rises so fast it gets out of control. Price of bread.
  • Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

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    Holocaust

  • Reichstag Fire of February

  • Enabling act

    Nazis took control.
  • Nuremburg laws

    The Nazis needed a way to identify the Jews
    Denied citizenship cannot fly flag
  • Kristallnacht

    The first outright act of violence against the Jews in Germany
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    World war2

  • Nazis begin rounding up Jews and confining them to Ghettos

    Largest Ghettos were in cities like Warsaw or Lodz in Poland
  • Euthanasia Program

    Systematically killing those deemed "unworthy" of life due to or mental illness physical disability.
  • Germany invades Poland

  • Start testing ZyklonB a gas first used for gas chambers

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    Einsatzgruppen

    As the army advanced into the soviet union the groups would round up Jews and kills them
  • Wannsee conference

    Nazi leaders approve the "Final Solution" or plan to Exterminate the Jews
  • Ann's family goes into hiding

  • Warsaw Ghetto uprising

    Residents smuggle weapons in
    Uprising lasted for 1month
    SS troops arrested and deported residents after the uprising ended
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    Camp rebellions

    Stole weapons andescaped
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    Death Marches

    Allies advance toward death camps
    Nazis evacuate prisoners, march them into Germany to avoid capture
    Brutal treatment and harsh conditions along the was
  • Liberation of Concentration camps

  • Free at last

    Camps across Europe are being liberated by allied forces
  • Hitler commits suicide

    Hitler commits suicide rather than face capture by the Soviet Red Army
  • Mr.Frank returns to the annex