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The idea of race
People began to associate race with those who share a genetic heritage around the 1800s -
"Aryans"
People began to associate themselves with the Aryans seeing themselves as better than Jews discriminating against them because of their religious views. This happening around the time of the new meaning of race. -
Racism respected
People began to twist the idea of race and racism intensifies. -
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Worldwide depression
People attacked minorities even more when the country was in distress because they saw it as easy to have a race to blame things on. -
Germany painted picture of it being run by Jews
Many politicians in Germany made it look Jews were taking too many spots in the government. -
Rise of Hitler as Prime Minister of Germany
Hitler became the Prime Minister of Germany making a government based on race and terror. -
Nuremberg Race Laws
Hitler passed 3 laws that stripped the Jews of their rights and made it a crime for Christians to have contact with them. -
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Hitler's advancement into other Nations
Hitler began to branch into other Nations and killed Jews wherever he would go -
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Hungarian Jews
Hitler demanded that Hungary begin killing and expel Hungarian Jews. They refused so in 1944 Hitler took over the government and began shipping Jews to their death every day. Very few of them survived the holocaust.