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Holocaust
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Official beginning for World War II
September 1, 1932 was the day that Germany invated Poland. Over 250,000 Polish Jews were killed by December and Jews were forced to dig there own graves, then are shot. -
Euthanasia Program
Hitler tries to purify "the master race" by killing 200,000 homosexual,foreign, terminall ill, mentall ill, or elderly. All Jews over the age of 10 are forced to wear a yellow star with the word "Jew" in it. -
Hitler is appointed Germany's chancellor.
In 1932 the Nazi party earned 37% of the vote and became Germany's largest political power. Hitler was the leader of the Nazi party and was appointed in 1933. -
Germany's first concentration camp
Nazis opened their first concentration camp on march 20th in Dachau Germany. Nine more were made in the same year. -
Three day boycott on Jewish buisnesses
A three day boycott was ordered by the government on April 1, 1933 to all Jewish buisnesses. Storm Troops were stationed infront of the stores but ordered not to interfere with the violence. -
No Jews Allowed
1935 government enforces the Nuremburg Laws, stripping Jews of their German citizenship. They also kicked out Jewish students from the public schools and prohibited Jewish and German marriages. -
Austria take over
March was the month that hitler took over Austria. This event led to many Jewish people being captured and being forced to work as slaves. -
German assassination
A 17 year old boy shot and killed a German Embassy official in Paris. In the country of Kristallnacht mobs destoried 7,000 Jewish buisnesses, killed 100 Jews, and beat and tortured thousands more Jewish people. -
Hungary take over
Germany takes over Hungary and deports 380,000 Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz. The U.S. and England refuse to bomb the camp despite the intelligence and photographs of Auschwitz. -
War Crimes
Nazi leaders were put on trial in Nuremburg, Germany for war crimes and crimes against humanity. More than a dozen of Nazi leaders are sentenced to death, while hundreds lower ranked men were sentenced to lighter penalties.