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medieval period
Marriage between a Jew and a Christian were forbidden. http://www.southerninstitute.info/holocaust_education/ds1.html -
Apr 25, 1215
medieval period
The Fourth Lateran Council issued that Jews were ordered and forced to wear special clothing and markings. http://www.southerninstitute.info/holocaust_education/ds1.html -
May 18, 1348
medieval period
The Black Death spread across Europe killing a third of the population. The Jews, or course, were charged with, "Poisoning the wells and initiating the epidemic." http://www.southerninstitute.info/holocaust_education/ds1.html -
Aug 28, 1515
Renaissance Period
Many Renaissance Chrisitans felt that Jewish peoples beliefs and culture polluted and destroyed Christian society. They particularly "scorned the Jewish practice of lending money for interest." http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/rens_01/rens_01_00023.html -
Feb 18, 1516
Renaissance period
The earlier crucifixion libel accused the Jews of crucifying Christian children. Teaching led to persecution of Jews throughout all of Europe. http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/rens_01/rens_01_00023.html -
Mar 8, 1550
Renaissance period
Anti-Semitism grew during this era. Libels damaging lies about Jews and Judaism persisted from the Middle Ages, held that Jews killed Christians. http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/rens_01/rens_01_00023.html -
modern period
Wilhelm Marr finds the first Anti-Semitic league and first one to coin the term "Anti-Semitism." http://www.humanitas-international.org/holocaust/anitsem.htm -
modern period
During late 1800s, "Jew hatred" resurfaced as a formidable source in middle Europe. http://www.humanitas-international.org/holocaust/anitsem.htm -
modern period
In the late 1800s, in both Poland and Russia, many Jews were slaughtered in mass killings called pogroms. http://www.humanitas-international.org/holocaust/antisem.htm -
Hitler Bio
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, in a small town in Austria near the German Border. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERhitler.htm -
Hitler Bio
HItler did extremely well in primary school and appeared to have a bright academic future in front of him. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERhitler.htm -
Hitler Bio
Hitler's main interest was art. His father was unhappy when Adolf told him instead of joining the military service he was going to become an artist. His father ,Alois, died in 1903. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERhitler.htm -
Versailles Treaty
The treaty of Versailles was signed by Germany in 1919. It placed many restrictions on Germany. Also, Germany had to pay for all of the damages of the war. This treaty was devised by the Allied forces. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk -
Weimar Republic
The constitution gave the President, the states, and the army too much power. So extremists on the left and right tried to overthrow the government. http://www.johndclare.com -
Weimar Republic
In 1922, hyperinflation set in. By Novermber of 1923, a loaf of bread cost 200,000,000,000 marks. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk -
Weimar Republic
Economic disaster struck in 1928. Many were unemployed, and by Jan. 1933 more than six million were unemployed, mostly males. So, the men had no other choice but to join the more extreme political parties in Germany. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk -
Weimar Republic
Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany. http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-chancl.htm -
First 100 Days
Under pressure from Hitler, von Hindenburg issues a decree limiting freedom of the press and prohibiting free assembly. National Archives and Records Administration and National Council for Social studies. teaching with Documents: Using Primary Sources from the National Archives. Washington, DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, 1989, pages 137-141 -
Reichstag Fire
The Reichstag caught on fire. This began the Nazis initial step towards power in Germany. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERreichstagF.htm -
Additional Event
Vaad Leumi( National Commitee of the Jews of Palestine) esablished a project for the absorption of immigrants from Germany. Krakowski, Shmuel. "Chronology: Table of Events, 1933-1945." -
Additional Event
Public burning of Jewish books and works by opponents of Nazism in German towns. Krakowski, Shmuel. "Chronology: Table of Events, 1933-1945." -
Additional Event
Heinrich Himmler appointed head of S.S. Krakowski, Shmuel. "Chronology: Table of Events, 1933-1945." -
Most Important headline From 1934
Germans vote to support presidency. This was the beginning to an end for a lot of people in Germany. Strom, Margot Stem and William Parson, eds. "Twilight of the Weimar Republic, 1929-1933," and "Hitler: From Chancellor to Dictator." Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior. Brookline, MA: Intentional Education, Inc., 1982. -
The Nuremberg Laws
Reich Citizenship Law:
This law states that if you're not a citizen, you don't get protection from the German Government. Reichsgesetzblatt, I, 1935, p. 1146, The Nuremberg Laws -
The Nuremberg Laws
Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor:
Jews and not allowed to amrry other Germans and must be divorced. Jews are forbidden to fly the Reich national flag, they are not a citizen of the state Reichsgesetzblatt, I, 1935, p. 1146, The Nuremberg Laws -
The Nuremberg Laws
First Regulation to the Reich Citizenship Law:
Hitler is explaining what a Jew is and that a Jew is not a citizen. Jews do not have voting rights and cannot hold a postion in a public office Reichsgesetzblatt, I, 1935, p. 1146, The Nuremberg Laws -
Visual Propaganda
A poster of Adolf Hitler Jugend and in German on the bottom. It says "go to school, for the Jugend." The technique used was band wagon because he was using this to persuade the Youth to join because everyone else was doing it. http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/posters/schule.jpg -
Jews immigrating to Iceland
In 1938, Denmark closed its doors on Jewish immigration. Soon after that Iceland followed. Iceland was a very anti-semitic country during this time and even expelled Jews from the country. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Iceland.html -
Kristallnacht
known as "night of the broken glass," they went around trashing and destorying jewish stores. The beat up Jewiosh business owners. http://frank.mtsu.edu/~baustin/knacht.html -
The Nuremberg Laws
Regulation for the elimination of the Jews From the Economic Life of Germany:
Jews are not allowed to operate retail sotres, or sales agencies, or to do anything independently. A Jew can't be a head of an enterprise or be part of a cooperative. Reichsgesetzblatt, I, 1938, p. 1580. -
The Nuremberg Laws
Establishment of the Reich Cental Office for Jewish Emigration:
A Reich Central Office for Jewish emigration is being established in the Reich Ministry of the Interior. This Ministry is responsible for the measures of Jewish emigration, and the speeding up of emigration in indicidual cases. Reichsgesetzblatt, I, 1938, p. 1580.
