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World War I
The war devastated Europe and created new countries. millions of people died and property and industry suffered also -
population during depression
over 9 million jews lived in europe during the economic depression. german jews numbered to 500,000 or less than 1% of the national population -
Hitler becomes chancelor
Adolf Hitler became chancellor. later on, the nazi state quickly became a regime where citizens didn't have basic rights given to them. The nazi gained power and ended the Weimar republic -
first concentration camp
The first concentration camp was made and was used to imprison political opponents, homosexuals, Jehovah's witnesses, and others considered as a threat -
Germany invades poland and restricts jews more
Germany invades Poland and conquers parts of Europe. german officials start to take Jewish property and required them to wear armbands and forced them into work camps -
germany betrays ally
Germany turned on the soviet union. sending mobile killing units following the german army and committed mass shootings moving further on their land -
period of fighting and the solution to jews
intense fighting on the eastern and western fronts of World War II, Germany continued working on their "final solution" -
germany and allies pushed back
german and ally forces were pushed back on both fronts and already killed 6 million jews before to which the allied troops discovered all that had happened
