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1931-1933 Nazi Assault
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1934-1935 Nazi Race Laws
An instructional chart distinguishes individuals with pure “German blood” (left column), “Mixed blood” (second and third columns), and Jews (right two columns), as defined in the Nuremberg Laws. -
1936-1938 Night Of Broken Glass
On the night of November 9–10, 1938, the Nazi regime unleashed orchestrated anti-Jewish violence across greater Germany. Jews were taken to a concentration camp system. Jews in Vienna wait in line at a police station to obtain exit visas. -
1939 Nazi Assault
Cuba carrying 937 passengers, most of them Jews. -
1940-1942 The War Begins
For most of the next two years German forces occupied or controlled much of continental Europe. By the end of 1942, however, the Allies were on the offensive and ultimately drove back the German forces. -
1943 DEPORTATIONS
Between 1942 and 1944, trains carrying Jews from German-controlled Europe rolled into one of the six killing centers located along rail lines in occupied Poland. -
1944 CONCENTRATION CAMP UNIVERSE
The German authorities confiscated all the personal belongings of the Jews, including their clothing, and collected them for use or sale. Soviet troops dis-covered tens of thousands of shoes when they liberated the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland in July 1944. -
1945 POST TRIALS
Beginning in October 1945, 22 major war criminals were tried on charges of crimes against peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and conspiracy to commit such crimes