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The First Ghetto
The first ghetto was established in Venice Italy. It was a quarter of the city where jews were forced to live -
Heinrich Heine
He was a german poet who said “Where books are burned, human beings are destined to be burned too.” This is ironic because this eventually happened to people in Germany. -
"Invention" of Communism
The Communist Manifesto was written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels -
Adolf Hitler Birth
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First Communist Country
Russia becomes the worlds first constitutionally communist state -
Hitler Youth
The Hitler Youth was established to train boys to enter the SA (Storm Troopers), a Nazi Party paramilitary formation -
The League of German Girls
The League of German Girls members often had hobbies like music, crafts, and various aspects of home economics such as sewing, childcare, and cooking. -
Hitler Leads The Third Reich
Hitler becomes the leader of The Third Reich -
First Nazi Concentration Camp
Dachau is the first Nazi concentration camp established in Germany -
Reichstag Fire
The German parliament (Reichstag) building burned down. The Nazi leadership and its coalition partners used the fire to claim that Communists were planning a violent uprising. -
Book Burning
Books with un-german ideas are burned by Nazi's -
Nuremberg Race Laws
These laws deprived German Jews of their rights of citizenship, giving them the status of "subjects" in Hitler's Reich -
Nuremberg Race Laws
The race laws eventually outlawed jews completely and completely robbed them of their human rights -
Jesse Owens Olympics
Jesse Owens competes in the 1936 Berlin olympics and wins 4 gold medals -
Kristallnacht
The night of broken glass was a massive, coordinated attack on Jews throughout the German Reich -
Warsaw
The first and largest ghetto in Poland is established. It occupied more than 400,000 jews -
Germany Invades Poland
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Holocaust
The mass genocide of jews throughout Germany starts -
Holocaust Ends
The holocaust/WW11 ends -
Hitler Death
Adolf Hitler kills himself before he can be brought to justice by the allies