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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_of_Germany
When Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany, it began the the Third Reich. Hitler used his power in a way that went against the nature of the Chancellory. He had all the power and he could declare laws against groups he didn't like without the consent of the Reichstag. All the orders he gave had to be obeyed unless they wanted to face harsh consequences involving death. -
The First Concentration Camps
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005263
The first concentration camps were opened by the Nazis. The first camps were Dachau in Munich, Buchenwald near Weimar in Central Germany, Sachsenhausen in Berlin, and Ravensbruck was open for women. These camps would make the Jewish people do forced labor and many would die from it. This managed to go unnoticed for many years. -
The Enabling Act of 1933
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enabling_act
The German Reichstag passed the Enabling Act and Hitler got the dictatorial power over the country that he desired. This act was allowed to be used for four years and created any laws or treaties that Hitler wanted to be in place. What Hitler said had to be done had to be with no questions asked. This was the start of the dictatorship in Germany. -
Jewish Shops are Boycotted
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/triumph/tr-boycott.htm
The Jewish shops were boycotted just for that one day. The Jewish people were having their Sabbath Day on a Saturday and the Germans took advantage of it. This marked the downward spiral for the Jews before they were sent away to the concentration camps and exterminated. There is great change in the Jewish society. -
Jews banned from the German Labor Union
http://www.exfamily.org/art/exmem/anti-semitism-hate-the-family-international.htm
The Jewish people were banned from unions because the unions were full of socalists and the Germans thought that the Jewish people were communists. They didn't think that the Jews should be allowed in the unions and they were banned from joining any of the other unions as well according to Hitler and his new laws. -
Forced Abortions on women
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005176
Women in concentration camps were forced to have abortions so that they didn't give birth to German children and so that they wouldn't find out that they had sexual relations with German men because it wasn't allowed at that time. They had to give birth to infants infants in ares what would ensure that the infants would die. -
Nuremberg Laws of 1935
http://http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2010/winter/nuremberg.html
The Nuremberg Laws were that the Jewish people weren't considered German citizens and that Jews could not marry non-Jews. The persecution of Jews was legal. They decided that the Jewish people needed to be segregated from the true Germans. This caused problems and caused more violence. -
The 1936 Olympics
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005680
The Jewish people were not allowed to compete in these olympic games because he wanted all aryans to win medals. He didn't want Jewish people to beat them. Athough the Jewish people that joined the Olyimpis knew that they would be persecuted against, they still tried and they won medals that the aryans won as well. -
Identification papers required
http://http://chgs.umn.edu/museum/exhibitions/rescuers/documents.html
Many Jewish people created fake identification papers in order to get away from going to the concentration camps. They would also get fake visas so they could travel to the United Sates or Canada. They were desparate to get out of Germany and away from what was happening there. They said they were Christians . -
Changes to names
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_name
The names Sarah for Jewish women and Isreal added to the mens names. These names signify that they were Jewish and followed the religion of Judaism. They would be easily recognized if they tried to escape and they showed the papers to the gestapo. -
Kristallnacht
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/kristallnacht/frame.htm
The Night of Broken Glass was when Germans went into the ghettos and burned the town. They burned synoguges, homes, and shops that were valuable to the Jews. Ninety-one Jews were killed during this night and many more were left injured after the atack. Women were raped and attacked by German men. The Germans just left after. -
German Jews ordered into forced labor
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0007_0_06611.html
The Germans took any Jewish person no matter their ability to work hard or not. They would work the Jews to death or make them weak until they could gas them. This was a cruel form of treatment that caused the loss of many inocent people who never did anything to hurt the Germans. They just lived in peace. -
Yellow Star of David
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_of_David
The yellow star of David was symbol of Judiasm. It was used to tell the Germans who were the Jewish people and who the German people were. The start had to be sewn to the clothing of the Jewish people and worn in public. -
Deportation of Jews
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extermination_camp
The Jewish people were put into trains that were tight packed for the journey to the camp. There were many who could become weak on this journey and die on the way to the camp. There were large amount of people who had to go to the camps and wouldn't live to go back to their homes. -
Liberation
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005131
There were many prisoners who were on forced marches in the camps in Germany. The survivors were dying of starvation and had disease. They were barely living, Th soldiers provided food and water as well as clean clothes for the prisoners. The prisoners would refuse to go back home . They were temporarily out of the misery.
