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Through history antisemitic behavior came through pogroms.
Refers to violent attacks by non Jews on Jews in Russian Europe Existed during Tsarist Russia due to economic, social, and political resentment Sometimes the perpetrators organized with the police and government officials. Pogrom like violence existed in Poland, Ukraine, and Belorussia between 1918 and 1920. Thousands of Jews were killed in riots. -
The term antisemitism was originated
The term antisemitism was originated in 1879 by German journalist Wihelm Marr. Denoted the hatred for the Jews Denoted hatred for political trends such as equal civil rights, constitutional democracy Denoted hatred for political trends such free trade, socialism, finance capitalism, and pacificism -
The Protocols of Elders of Zion surfaced.
In the 1890s documents known as The Protocols of Elders of Zion surfaced. They were forged documents. They alledged a Jewish conspiracy to take over the world. They were published throughout the world to spread anitsemitism. In the 1920s and 1930s the Nazis used these to gain support. -
Antisemitic Mayor of Vienna, Karl Lueger
Antisemitic Mayor of Vienna, Karl Lueger Lived near the turn of the century His views greatly influenced Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. -
After WWI the Nazi Party Rises
It was made up of new countries, millions died during the war, and cities and properties had be destroyed. Around 1920, an influenza outbreak, the deadliest ever, killed millions. Millions of people were displaced. Europe struggled to recover. The Treaty of Versailles forced Germany to accept the guilt of the war and pay enormous reparations. The Great Depression hits around 1930, leaving millions of workers unemployed. -
Hitler Addresses the Jewish Question
He defined the Jewish people as a race tuberculosis and identified the initial goal of a German government was to discriminate against the Jews. -
Hitler Presents a 25 Point Program at a Nazi Party Meeting
He declares intention to segregate the Jews from Aryans, and eliminate their rights. He appeals to unemployed young and lower middle class. -
Law Limits Jews Education
A law restricted the use of public schools for Jews. -
Hitler Appointed as Chancellor
Hindenburg appointed Hitler as Chancellor of Germany. -
Dachau Concentration Camp Established
Over 188,000 incarcerated and at least 28,000 died. -
Germans Boycott Jewish Businesses
Members of the Nazi Party and its affiliated organizations organize a nationwide boycott of Jewish businesses. -
Buchenwald Concentration Camp Opens
It becomes one of the largest concentration camps within the German borders of 1937. -
Kristallnacht
A nationwide campaign of street violence was conducted, including the burning of synagogues, homes, and businesses. -
Child Euthanasia Program Established
Public health authorities began to encourage parents of children with disabilities to admit their young children to one of a number of specially designated pediatric clinics throughout Germany and Austria. The clinics were in reality children's killing wards. -
Auschwitz Concentration Camp Established
It was the largest camp established by the Nazis, comprising of 3 main camps and one killing center. -
Einsatzgruppen
Germans experiment with mobile killing units (vans) which prove to be less costly than shooting. -
Deportation of Dutch Jews
Germans begin the deportation of Dutch Jews from camps in the Netherlands. -
Treblinka Killing Center Starts Gassing Operations
Approximately 925,000 Jews plus Poles, Gypsies, and Soviet prisoners of war are murdered. -
Liberation of Lublin/Majdanek
The Soviets' rapid advance did not permit the Germans time to destroy the facility. In almost three years of operation, between 95,000 and 130,000 died or were killed. -
Death March of Auschwitz
Tens of thousands of prisoners, mostly Jews, were forced to march for 55 kilometers. Possibly as many as 15,000 prisoners died during the evacuation marches from Auschwitz. -
Liberation of Auschwitz
The Soviet army entered Auschwitz and liberated around 7,000 prisoners, most of whom were ill and dying. -
Liberation of Buchnewald
The SS murdered at least 56,000 male prisoners in the Buchenwald camp system.
