Holocaust

By jalaiyah.burgess688

  • Hitler was born

    Hitler was born
    Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, in the upper Austrian border town Braunau am Inn

  • Introduced to racist acts

    Introduced to racist acts
    It was in Vienna that Hitler first became exposed to racist rhetoric. Populists such as mayor Karl Lueger exploited the climate of virulent anti-Semitism and occasionally espoused German nationalist notions for political effect. German nationalism had a particularly widespread following in the Mariahilf district, where Hitler lived.

  • D.A.P. meeting

    D.A.P. meeting
    At a DAP meeting on 12 September 1919, Party Chairman Anton Drexler was impressed with Hitler's oratorical skills. He gave him a copy of his pamphlet , which contained anti-Semitic, nationalist, anti-capitalist, and anti-Marxist ideas.

  • Beer hall putsch

    Beer hall putsch
    In 1923, Hitler enlisted the help of World War I General Erich Ludendorff for an attempted coup known as the "Beer Hall Putsch". The Nazi Party used Italian Fascism as a model for their appearance and policies.

  • Hitler appointed chancellor

    Hitler appointed chancellor
    On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany by German president Paul von Hindenburg

  • President Hindenburg dies

    President Hindenburg dies
    With the death of President Hindenburg on August 2, 1934, Hitler united the chancellorship and presidency under the new title of Fuhrer. As the economy improved, popular support for Hitler’s regime became strong, and a cult of Fuhrer worship was propagated by Hitler’s capable propagandists.

  • Hitler's invasion on poland

    Hitler's invasion on poland
    Hitler’s invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, finally led to war with England and France. In the opening years of World War II, Hitler’s war machine won a series of stunning victories, conquering the great part of continental Europe.

  • The death of Adolf Hitler

    The death of Adolf Hitler
    By early 1945, the British and Americans were closing in on Germany from the west, the Soviets from the east, and Hitler was holed up in a bunker under the chancellery in Berlin awaiting defeat. On April 30, with the Soviets less than a mile from his headquarters, Hitler died by suicide with Eva Braun, his mistress whom he married the night before.