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WWII (Owens)

  • Hitlers Birth

    Hitlers Birth
    Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Austria
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    Righteous Gentiles

    One righteous gentile was named Oskar Schindler. He helped to save many thousands of Polish Jews by making them employees of his factory. He referred to them as “Schindlerjuden”. None of his workers were beaten, they were fed, and no one was killed.
  • Franz Ferdinand's Assasination

    Franz Ferdinand's Assasination
    Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia on 28 June 1914. This started WWI.
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    The treaty of Versailles ended WWI on 28 June 1919
  • Beer Hall Putsch

    Beer Hall Putsch
    Attempted takeover of Munich, Bavaria, happened on 8-9 November 1923
  • President Paul Von Hindenburg

    President Paul Von Hindenburg
    German military officer, statesman, and politician who served as the second President of Germany from 1925–1934
  • Hitler's rise to Power

    Hitler's rise to Power
    Hitler and his Nazi's rose to power on 30 January 1933
  • Concentration Camps Established

    Concentration Camps Established
    The First concentration camp, called "Dachau", opened 22 March 1933.
  • Nuremberg Race Laws

    Nuremberg Race Laws
    The Nuremberg Race Laws were the laws of Hitler's Nazi Germany, the laws were passed on 15 September, 1935.
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    Axis Powers of WWII

    The Axis powers at the start of WWII were Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria.
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    Allies of WWII

    The WWII Allies included the U.S., Britain, France, USSR, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, and Yugoslavia.
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor
    The attacks on Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack on a Hawaiian Harbor.
  • Uprising of Warsaw Ghetto

    Uprising of Warsaw Ghetto
    Jewish resistance within the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II.
  • Liberation of Concentration Camps

    Liberation of Concentration Camps
    Concentration Camps were freed towards the end of WWII
  • Deathmarches

    Deathmarches
    Forced marches close to the end of WWII, late April 1945.
  • Adolf Hitler's Suicide

    Adolf Hitler's Suicide
    Adolf Hitler killed himself by gunshot on April 30, 1945 in his führerbunker in Berlin.
  • Surrender of Germany

    Surrender of Germany
    Germany surrendered to the allies on May 8 1945
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    Nuremberg Trials

    Prosecution of important political, military, judicial, and economic leaders of Germany.
  • Opening of Holocaust Memorial Museum

    Opening of Holocaust Memorial Museum
    The Holocaust memorial is where people visit to see what happened during the Holocaust. The Museum has certain parts that it makes you feel like a member of the Holocaust.