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WW1
Germans were happy about the war, eventually lost. -
Treaty of Versailles
Germany forced to sign unfavorable Treaty of Versailles. Lose Land, Lose Military, Pay money to Allied Forces (a lot of money). -
Hyper Inflation
When Germany printed a ton of money, dollar value dropped. Bread went from 2.37 marks to 399 billion Marks in 3 years. -
Beerhall Putsch
Hitler attempts to overthrow the German government. Does not succeed. Ended with a lot of people being arrested. -
Hitler on Trial
Used the trials to give huge speech further blaming Jews for problems of Germany. Goes to jail for 9 months, writes Mein Kapf and becomes even more beloved. -
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Republic Government(Germany)
A government style where the people have a certain amount of power. Nazis don't have a lot of votes. Hindenburg becomes old man. -
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Nuremberg Trials
The allies and the international community put a number of Germans on trial for war crimes, and other crimes. The Germans said they weren't guilty under the circumstances. -
Anne Frank B-Day
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First Concentration Camp
First camps were set up as prisons and people were forced to do hard work, not killing camps. The camps were not designed for Jews, but for political prisoners. -
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Einsatzgruppen
Mobile killing squads. These groups would round up Jews from the newly occupied areas and kill them. They invaded the Soviet Union and they killed them there. -
Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany
Hitler was a solider and an amazing speaker who promised to make Germany better. He convinced people by blaming the Jews. Hindenburg scared of what he will do, but doesn't want people to hate him. -
Reichstag Fire
Nazis largest political group, communists biggest enemy. Fire of Reichstag blamed on communist. Uses it to rally the people. -
Enabling Act
Hindenburg gives Hitler temporary emergency power of the government. This converts Hitler into Dictator. Hitler arrests all communists, makes it illegal to belong to any other party. -
Nuremberg Laws
Nazis make law that says that if your grandparents are Jewish, or you are Jewish, you aren't a German citizen. Starts to take away rights. -
Kristallnacht
Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. After Kristallnacht, conditions for German Jews grew increasingly worse. -
WW2
Germany invades Poland, and WW2 begins. Matters because it started a war, made people forget about the persecution of Jews, and Poland had 3 million more Jews. -
Euthanasia Program Begins
Euthanasia - systematic killing of those Germans whom Nazis'deemed unworthy because of mental illness or physical disability.
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Started to create Ghettos in Poland
After conquering Poland, the created ghettos in Poland to round up all Jews. -
First Death Camps
First death camp opens at Chelmno(central Poland). Gas chambers used Zyklon B, this turned death camps into murder factories. -
Wannsee Conference
Nazis leaders approve the "Final Solution", or the plan to exterminate all the Jews. -
Partisans
Guerrilla groups fighting against bigger or organized army, Nazis. -
Non Violent Resistance
Instead of fighting, people used nonviolent forms of resistance. Prayer Groups. Music, Arts, Non compliance, Schooling. -
Anne's Family Goes, into Hiding
Anne's family went into hiding because Margot was called by the SS to go to concentration camps. Along with them went the Van Dans, the family that had helped them when they first moved into Amsterdam. They decided to go into hiding behind Mr.Franks office building, where there was a secret building that could only be accessed by a secret staircase. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Residents smuggled weapons in, people fought the Nazis, uprising lasted for about a month, SS troops arrested and deported residents after uprising ended. -
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Camp Rebellions
In the camps people stole guns from guards and tried to escape, some made it out, most died and were captured. At Auschwitz they blew up the crematorium, killing 70, but many workers died. What do I have to lose mindset. -
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Death Marches
Allied forces getting closer, Nazis evacuate prisoners and march them to Germany. The marches had brutal treatment and harsh conditions. -
Liberation of Camps
The liberation was the freeing of people in the concentration camps and death camps. Even after this happened, people still thought that they were less than them. They also had no idea what happened to their families. -
Mr.Frank Finds Anne's Diary
Mr.Frank after the war and concentration camps was very different than before the war. After the war he looks broken and like he had died. He also talked like a man that had given up on life, and lost it when he was back in the Annex. He found the diary on the ground, and eventually published it. It was so popular and meant things to people, as it showed what happened during the Holocaust, and what Holocaust meant in WWII. -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Hitler commits suicide rather than face capture by the Soviet Red Army. Germany surrenders within a week.
