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Hitler Rises to Power
Hindenburg appoints Hitler to Chancellor of Weimer Constitution. He makes the Third Reich which the German "master race" would control Europe -
Burning of the Reichstag
The Burning of the Reichstag according to the Nazis was because of a communist man. The Nazis said this, even though no one know who did it, to gain more power over those they didn't like -
Enabling Act
In order for Hitler to gain sole power over the government, he passed the Enabling Acts. The allowed him to take full control and he they killed anyone who opposed him -
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Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht, the night of broken glass, happened because a Jewish man shot and killed a German police officer. This caused the Germans to burn down synagogues and destroyed Jewish businesses -
St. Louis sets sail
The St. Louis sets sail full of Jews headed to Havana, Cuba. When they arrived, America denies them entrance into the country. The Jews are forced to return back to Europe and go into France which was later invaded and all on board were most likely killed -
Germany invades Poland
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Many of the war crimes that Hitler committed took place in this country because they had no one else contesting it. Hitler had made a no aggression contract with Stalin to agree that he could take Poland and Stalin wouldn't attack -
Auschwitz concentration camp established
The most famous yet horrifying concentration camp was Auschwitz. About 1.1 million Jews were killed over the time period of the Holocaust in this one spot -
Warsaw Ghetto Sealed
The Warsaw ghetto was enclosed on November 15, 1940 and it kept all Jews in the ghetto and kept all Germans out. The ghetto was closed off with a 10 foot or taller wall topped off with barbed wire
