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Hitler rises to power
Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany by German President Paul von Hindenburg. This marked the start of the holocaust. -
The Gestapo was established
The Gestapo was a secret police that worked for Hilter -
Nuremberg Laws
The Nuremberg Laws was a law that stated that Jewish people were no longer considered German citizens. -
Kristallnacht
The Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) was an anti-Jewish pogrom with over 7,000 Jewish shops looted and around 30,000 Jewish men sent to concentration camps. -
Lodz Ghetto
This sealed over 160 thousand people within 1.6 square miles -
Extermination begins in Belzec
By the end of 1942 around 600,000 Jewish people we killed -
Begin of the death march from Budapest to Austria
The death march from Budapest to Austria resulted in thousands of Jews dying of starvation and exposure to the cold. Those who survived the march we sent to concentration camps. -
Germany Surrenders
Due to the death of Adolf Hitler, Germany had no other choice but to surrender.