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Anti-Jewish Boycott
There was a boycott targeting Jewish owned businesses. Nazi troopers stood intensely in front of Jewish stores. Germans would ignore this and would go to the stores even though they were not supposed to. This started the Nazi Party against Jews. -
Law Limits Jews in Public Schools
Germans made a law against overcrowding in schools, so they limited they schools for Jew to go to. No more than 5% of the students at the school can be Jewish. 75% of 500,000 Jewish kids attended a public school in Germany. -
Ban of Jehovah's Witness Organizations
The ban is because they refused to swear allegiance to the state. Hundreds of Jehovah's witnesses were arrested because they refused to be drafted of perform war related work. The estimated amount of Jehovah's that died in concentration camps was about 1,000. -
Olympic Games Open in Berlin
The German officials made every effort to characterize Germany as a respectable member of the international community.They restrained anti-Jewish activities and anti-Jewish activities. During the games Germany lifted anti-homosexuality laws for foreign visitors. -
First Kinder transport Arrives in Great Britain
A kinder transport was a series of rescue efforts. In 1938 and 1940 there was thousands of refugee Jewish Children brought to Great Britain. The first Kinder transport arrived on December 2, 1938 in Harwich, Great Britain. Soon after, they brought 9,000 to 10,000 kids to Great Britain. -
Auschwitz Camp Established
The Auschwitz concentration camp was the largest one yet. There were three main parts of this camp and each one have incarcerated prisoners at forced labor. One of these main camps was used as a killing center. -
Krakow Ghetto Established
There was an estimated amount of 15,000 to 20,000 Jews in the ghetto. This ghetto was enclosed by barbed-wire fences and, in places, by a stone wall. Its leaders focused underground operations initially on welfare organizations and supporting education. -
Jewish Badge
Reihard Heydrich decrees that all Jews over the age of six have to wear a yellow star indicating that they are a jew. They used the star to segregate the Jews from the German citizens. They had to watch and control their movements at all times. -
Deportation of Hungarian Jews
There was about 440,000 Jews from Hungary deported by Hungarian gendarmerie officials, under the guidance of German SS officials, from May 15 to July 9, 1944. SS functionaries killed majority of them in gas chambers, once they showed up to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Thousands were also sent to dig fortification trenches on the border of Austria. -
Child Survivors Arrive in England
When the Holocaust ended, the British government provided aid to over 700 child survivors. Alice Goldberger and some helpers ran child survivors to a children's home, up until late 1950. Hundreds of the children's writing and drawing were happy from the post-war home.
