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Concentration Camps
These camps had detained or confined Jews. Usually living in horrible conditions and imprisonment. The first concentration camps in Germany were established soon after Hitler became chancellor. -
Hitler Became Chancellor
Hitler's election as chancellor on January 30, 1933, this had began a crucial turning point for Germany. His plan followed by much of the German population, was to stop politics and make Germany a powerful, unified one-party state. He began ordering a rapid expansion of the state police, the Gestapo, and putting Hermann Goering in charge of a new security force. -
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Hitler Proclaims Himself Leader
The armed forces swear themselves to him. He led Germanys army.The citizans and people from all over idolized Hitler. He spoke in front of large crowds in Munich. He was gaining popularity outside of the Nazi party.Hitler recieved 543 votes for leader and only one against him. -
Nuremberg Laws
Anti-Jewish racial laws were made Jews were no longer knownas German citizens. Jews could not marry Aryans. Anyone who had three or four Jewish grandparents was defined as a Jew, regardless of whether that person identified himself or herself as a Jew or belonged to the Jewish religion. Many Germans who had not practiced Judaism for years found themselves caught in the grip of Nazi terror. People with Jewish grandparents that changed to Christianity were defined as Jews. -
Germany wins Czechoslovokia
The gaining of Czechoslovokia was Hilter's next mission. During the war, Germany left them weak and powerless. This ended in surrender. -
Jews Massacared
The German army took Kiev on September 19 and Adolf Hitler orders to exterminate all Jews and Soviet officials found there. More than 30,000 Jews were marched in small groups to the Babi Yar ravine and were slaughtered. -
Germany Take Hungary
Approximatly 300,000 Hungarians died during world war II. Under pressure from Germany, Hungary joined the Axis powers. Hitler ordered the Hungarians military service against the Soviet Union as well. -
Horrors of Dahau
Nazi Germany went along with the pursuit of "The Final Solution." -
Hitler Commits Suicide
In his underground bunker were the bodies of him, his wife, their children, and the dog. It has been said that him and his wife both swallowed cyanide capsules. To make sure that he would die, Hitler shot himself with his service pistol. -
European Jews
The Germans and their collaborators murdered six million European Jews as part of a systematic plan of genocide. Many Jews were killed and sent to other places as work slaves.
