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Events leading to the Holocaust

  • Hitler addresses the first session of the German Parliament

    Hitler addresses the first session of the German Parliament
    Hitler was just appointed Chancellor, and the enabling act was passed, giving Hitler the power to rule by emergency decree.
  • German Communist party are taken under arrest

    German Communist party are taken under arrest
    German Communist party are arrested and put into a basement jail in the barracks of Berlin. Communists, Socialists, and other political opponents of the Nazis were among the first to be rounded up and imprisoned.
  • Aggression acts begin, starting with Hitler attempting to Boycott Jewish Stores

    Aggression acts begin, starting with Hitler attempting to Boycott Jewish Stores
    Hitler attempts to boycott Jewish store, creates race laws prohibiting marriage or sexual relations between Jews, and non jews. He also begins teaching younger ages to hate Jews, in classes.
  • Searching for Refuge

    Searching for Refuge
    Jews in Vienna are quick to obtain Exit Visas, before the incorporation of Austria by Nazi Germany brough terror, confiscation, and humiliation. Many jews tried leaving.
  • Night of Broken Glass

    Night of Broken Glass
    The Nazi Regime unleashed anti-Jewish violence across Germany. This later led to many riots and rampages on Jewish people and businesses, destroying 7500 businesses, killing 96 Jews, and nearly 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and sent to camps.
  • The War begins with the Conquest of Poland

    The War begins with the Conquest of Poland
    The German Military takes over Poland, and this propelled Europe into the war. There is devastation across Germany, and for the next two years, German forces controlled much of continental Europe.
  • The Ghetto

    The Ghetto
    Ghettos become homes of many Jews lived, in order for Germans to control the population, and segregate it. In November 1940, German authorities sealed the Warsaw Ghetto, restricting supplies for the 300,000 Jews living there. Survival was nearly impossible.
  • The Holocaust begins

    The Holocaust begins
    Jews from all over are taken off of trains, and taken into concentration camps where they will be brutally hurt, tortured, or killed. The overwhelming amount of Jews who entered the killing center were murdered in Gas chambers quickly, and their bodies were cremated.