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Nazi Boycott
The Nazis bombard and take down many Jewish businesses. The Nazis also form a march down he streets and tell people not to buy from Jews. They had three Jewish businessmen say these things for hours and had them make their own companies lose customers. -
Nuremburg Laws
The German parliament passes the Nuremberg Laws. These laws institutionalize many of the racist acts Germans enforce and allows the acts to be lawful. It allows the Germans to kill Jews and people who have had Jewish ancestors to be murdered. -
Berlin Olympics
With the Summer Olympics in Berlin the Germans cn ost many propaganda posters and get other countires involved in the beliefs about Jews. There were two American Jews who had been training for the olympics for months and the day before they had founf out they were being replaced by the teams fastest runners. They were benched because the olympic board didn't want Jews on the winning podeum. -
The Munich Agreement
The Munch Agreement is signed and a region in Czechoslovakia is given to Germany. By signing this part of the country away it gave Czechoslovakia to Germany and they could hae more victims for the Holocaust. The powers only signed this agreement in hopes of hlting the German racist actions. -
Kristallnacht
This was a night of complete disaster from anti-Jews. It results in the destruction over hundreds of synogauges, many Jewish businesses, and also kills nearly 100 Jews. This actions was followed by the German parliament establishing dozens of anti-Jewish laws and keeps the war going. -
Kindertransports Begin
Many parents send their children abroad in hopes of leading them out of Nazi persecution. Around 200 children are sent to Great Britain from an orpahnage that was destroyed during Kristallnacht. Thousands of refugee children were sent to England in the years. -
St. Louis Departure
The ocean liner departs from Hamburg, Germany and heads toward Cuba carrying 900 passengers. The ship is denied access by Cuba and eventually is sent back to Europe. The passengers split among the countries but eventually 254 of the passengers would be caught and murdered in the Holocaust. -
Germany Invades Poland
German forces break through Polish defenses and advance to Warsaw, Poland. Hundreds of thousands of refugees, both Jewish and non-Jewish hoped Poland could stop the German offensive but Poland surrendered to Germany. The refugees were brought back to concentration camps. -
Auschwitz Established
The biggest concentration camp was built by the Nazis around 43 miles away from Krakow, Poland. By March 1941 there were over 10,900 occupants in Auschwitz. Soon after its establishment, it was considered one of the most brutal of all camps. -
Jews Forced to Wear Yellow Stars
All Jews over the age of six who were under German control are required to wear a yellow star of David. The star had the word "Jew" inscribed into the material to also clarify that they were a Jew. They had to wear the stars on their outermost clothing so everyone could see it.
