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Rise of the Nazi party
Hitler becomes sworn in as chancellor now giving the Nazi party power -
First act to oppress jews
Nuremberg Laws are enacted, stripping German Jews of citizenship and prohibiting intermarriage -
Kristallnacht
Nazi's in Germany vandalized Jewish homes, schools, and businesses. Also murdered close to 100 jews, this night became known as the night of broken glass -
Invasion of Poland
Invasion of Poland beginning World War II and leading to the establishment of the first ghettos in occupied Polish territories -
Concentration Camps
German occupation of Western Europe, leading to the deportation of Jewish populations to concentration camps -
Operation Barbarossa
Invasion of the Soviet Union marked by mass killings of Jews by Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing squads) behind the front lines -
The Final Solution
The Nazi plan to systematically exterminate the Jewish population of Europe through mass deportation to extermination camps, where prisoners were systematically murdered in gas chambers -
End of the Holocaust
Liberation of concentration camps by Allied forces, revealing the horrors of the Holocaust