Persecution of Jews

  • Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany

    Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany
    The Nazi party won 33 percent of the vote, which was more than any other party, in the German Election. Due to this, President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler, who was the head of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NAZI Party), the new chancellor of Germany.
  • Enabling Act

    Enabling Act
    The law allowed Hitler to propose and sign legislation into law without consulting the parliament. It didn’t give the Jews a choice of speech.
  • Education Law

    Education Law
    The German government issued the “law against overcrowding” in schools and universities. The law stated that jewish students could be no more than 5 percent of the student population of any public school or university. The Jewish Children couldn’t get schooling anymore.
  • Burning of “Un-German” Books

    Burning of “Un-German” Books
    The Germans burned books that were written by Jews or had Jewish culture. The Jews work hard as authors just for their work to be burned.
  • Press Censorship Law

    Press Censorship Law
    Jews couldn’t work in journalism or editing.
    Jewish people couldn’t work in journalism or editing.
  • Jewish Name Law

    Jewish Name Law
    The Jewish people had to change their name to a non Jewish name. Jewish people couldn’t have their Jewish name.
  • Polish Jews Deported From Germany

    Polish Jews Deported From Germany
    Nazi Germany expelled about 17,000 jews from Germany in 1938. The jews were sent away.
  • Anti-Jewish Economy Law

    Anti-Jewish Economy Law
    Prohibited Jews from owning business or engaging in trade. The Jews couldn’t have their own business or trade other people.
  • Mass Murder Begins at Chelmno

    Mass Murder Begins at Chelmno
    To carry out the mass murder of Europe's Jews, the SS established killing centers devoted exclusively or primarily to the destruction of human beings in gas chambers. Chelmno was among these killing centers.
    Lots of Jews died.
  • Klaus Langer

    Klaus Langer
    Was deported to the Izbica ghetto in April 1942, where he was murdered.
  • Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Begins

    Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Begins
    This is the day when jews living in the Warsaw Ghetto started fihting against the naszis . Jews died