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Hitler becomes Chancellor
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The start of the Holocaust
The first concentration camp is set up and Jews began to lose rights. They could no longer be citizens or own land. -
Jewish rights
In 1935, The Jews were banned from serving in Germany's armed forces. Also the "Nuremberg Laws" were enacted against Jews and forbid them to marry Aryans. -
Pause on Discrimination
Because of the Olympic games in Germany the initiation of actions against Jews stopped until the games were over. -
Concentration Camps
Concentration camps begin in central Germany -
Discrimination in Austria
The German laws against Jews apply in Austria as well after the Nazi troops entered. -
Try to help
There was a League of Nations meeting with 32 countries about the problem with the Jewish Refugees but there was no solution because no country would allow for emigration of such large numbers of Jews. -
World War II
The Nazi's invade Poland and World War II begins. -
Help from the US
After extensive political pressure, Roosevelt helped rescue victims of the Nazi persecutions. -
Germany was defeated
After Germany was defeated in World War II the concentration camps ended. -
Nuremberg Trial
The Nuremberg Trial prosecuted the Nazi war criminals and were hanged. -
Israel
In 1948, the state of Israel is created and nearly 700,000 Jews emigrated there
