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Reichszentrale is created
a part of the German government. This was to make sure that people had enough food in the population, and during the first world war. This affected the German population and the troops in the war because they needed to make sure they had enough food. -
Schutzstaffel Organized
A major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party. This became the SS. This affected Germany as a whole because this was the military. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
Hindenburg agreed to select Hitler as chancellor because everyone thought he would help Germany. This position gives him more power and helps what he later wants to do. -
Boycott of Jewish Businesses
This discouraged Germans from shopping in Jewish owned stores, showed how the Nazis were against Jews in every way. It promoted Jews being driven out of the economy. -
Law for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseases
The German government passed this law that forces the sterilization of people with hereditary diseases. This affects everyone who has hereditary diseases because it makes them be sterilized when they don’t have a choice. -
Law against Dangerous Habitual Criminals
German Government passes law that allows courts to order the indefinite imprisonment of people they deem “ a danger to society.” This affects the jews because a lot of people were discriminating against the jews. This also affects the other people involved in the holocaust because they were also discriminating against transgenders, hhomosexuals, gypsies, and anyone else they deem unfit or dangerous for society. -
Nuremberg Laws
Outlawed Jews and German relations of any type, if you wanted to leave you had to give up 90% of everything you own, and these laws eventually expanded to Roma and Afro-Germans. These laws affected the Jews living in Germany or anywhere that was controlled by Germany. They were affected because they were restricted. This also did the same for people in Roma and Afro-Germany. -
Nazi’s Occupy Rhineland
Nazis invaded the Rhineland to get control of the area between Germany and France. This affected the natives of the Rhineland because their homes were invaded by Germany. -
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Kristallnacht/The Night of Broken Glass
It was the night of one of Hitler’s speeches, and after the speech, Nazi officials ordered SA(brown shirts) paramilitary officials to start to attack Jewish homes, stores, and anything that involved Jews. Civilians or German people also joined in in the terrorism. They ransacked businesses and synagogues, and afterwards he makes the Jews pay for the damage. It affected the Jews because their businesses and synagogues were attacked, and they had to pay for the damage. -
St. Louis Ship (with Jews)
A shipload of jews. They got out of Europe and went to Britain but Britain wouldn’t let them in. Then they went to the US and we wouldn’t let them in so they go back to Britain and they say no again. After this they go to France but Germany controls France. This affected the jews because they had to go back to a place that Germany controlled and they would be in trouble. -
Germany invades Poland
This was the official beginning of World War 2. It put all the people of Poland in danger since the country surrendered quickly. This brings France and Great Britain into the war. -
Lodz Ghetto Opens
The Germans established a ghetto area that they forced jewish families into. They separated it from the rest of the city by using barbed wire. This affected the jewish families because they were forced out of their homes and into a tiny space where they did not want to be. -
Madagascar Plan presented
A plan proposed by the Nazi government to relocate the Jewish population to the island of Madagascar. This affected the jewish people because they would be relocated and forced out of their home. -
Auschwitz opens
It was part of the “Final Solution” to murder the Jews in Europe. It affected people Hitler wanted to persecute by deporting them to camps. -
Einsatzgruppen, starts
They were four groups of Mobile Killing Squad SS Troops that massacre Jews. Hitler thought it was too slow and they grew out of control because of all the people they killed. -
The Commisair Order
Order issued by the German High Command that said that if any soviet union troop was captured they could be killed or executed. This affected the soviet union troops because if they were caught they would be executed. -
Yellow Star for German Jews
Jewish people were required to wear yellow stars in order to be identified in crowds. If you were caught without your star, you were killed. This affected the Jews because they were isolated and killed without the star. -
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Babi Yar
It was one of the largest mass murders in one spot, members of Einsatzgruppen killed Jews and others at Babi Yar, a ravine close to Kiev, killing almost 34,000 in two days. -
Wannsee Conference
A meeting of the senior government officials of Germany and schutzstaffel leaders this is where the “final solution” was decided. This affected the jewish people because it basically allowed for HItler to carry out his plan of ridding Germany of the Jewish population. -
Creation of the Zigeunerlager
This addressed other groups that Hitler thought were inferior. It was Roma family camp that was part of Auschwitz. This killed many Roma and Polish Sinti. -
Hitler Claims Emergency Powers
This gives the Nazi party power to oppress and persecute people in order to “protect” the German people. It removed many rights of the people the Nazis didn’t want. -
Dr Josef Mengele arrives at Auschwitz
Although Mengele was not the lead physician, once he was transferred to Auschwitz he became famous for all the the human medical experiments he carried out that killed many people the Nazis was against. -
Himmler Orders Liquidation of ghettos
Himmler wanted all Soviet Union territory Jews in ghettos to be deported to concentration camps. This made all of those Jews be used for labor. -
Last Gassing at Auschwitz
This was the last time that Gas Chambers were used in the concentration camp Auschwitz. Most of the rest of the camp was abandoned, but a few Russian soldiers were gassed. This affected the jews and people held in the camps because they wouldn’t be gassed anymore. It also affected the Russian soldiers who were gassed because they had died and they were the last to be gassed at Auschwitz. -
Himmler Orders Destruction of Auschwitz
Himmler ordered to destroy to gas chambers and crematoria in Auschwitz. He did this to destroy the evidence of the mass killings. The prisoners were forced to help. -
Liberation of Auschwitz
The soviet army entered Auschwitz and liberated more than 7,000 people. This affected the people in Auschwitz because they were free from the camp and saved. -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Hitler commits suicide in his bunker before Soviets get to him. After he dies, Berlin surrenders to Soviets. His death was one of the many things that wrapped up the war. -
International Military Tribunal
This was a postwar court. Each of the allied nation powers brought a judge and prosecution team to have trials for war crimes at Nuremberg. This affected most people (some escaped) who were perpetrators. -
Adolf Eichmann captured
Eichmann was part of the SS in the “FInal Solution”. He was known for deporting Jews to ghettos and killing camps. He was first imprisoned by the US after the war, but then escaped. The Israeli Security Service then official captured him from Argentina and put him on trial in 1960. -
Dr Josef Mengele Dies
Mengele is not killed for his actions. He escapes to Argentina after being captured by the US. He dies swimming while on vacation in Brazil.