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Genocide
Killing members of the group Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group -
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Holocaust
The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its allies and collaborators. The US Holocaust Memorial Museum teaches millions of people each year about the dangers of unchecked hatred and the need to prevent genocide. -
Hitler Appointed Chancellor
The Nazi Party assumes control of the German state -
Anti Jewish Boycott
Members of the Nazi Party and its affiliated organizations organize a nationwide boycott of Jewish-owned businesses in Germany -
antisemitism
Antisemitism is prejudice against or hatred of Jews. The Holocaust, the state-sponsored persecution and murder of European Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, is history’s most extreme example of antisemitism. Violent antisemitism and hatred did not end with the defeat of Nazi Germany. It is important to stand up to antisemitism in all of its forms today. -
Auschwitz established
SS authorities establish the largest concentration camp complex of the Nazi regime -
Death Penalty for Aiding Jews
German poster, issued during mass deportations to Treblinka, announcing death penalty for aiding Jews who fled the Warsaw ghetto -
Danish Jews Escape
From September 20 in October, approximately 7,200 Danish Jews escape to Sweden -
Attempt to Assassinate Hitler
German military officers attempt to assassinate Hitler in his East Prussian headquarters at Rastenburg