Holocaust

  • Einsatzgruppen, starts

    This is when the SS would do into the
    Newly seized Territory and take out political leaders and potential threats and enemies of Germany. This affected whoever was in the territories Germany took control over.
  • Einsatzgruppen, starts

    This is when the SS would do into the
    Newly seized Territory and take out political leaders and potential threats and enemies of Germany. This affected whoever was in the territories Germany took control over.
  • Schutzstaffel Organized

    The SS was originally established as Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard unit. It would later become both the elite guard of the Nazi Reich and Hitler's executive force prepared to carry out all security-related duties, without regard for legal restraint. This affected Germans and German occupied territory because it was dangerous for people to come in contact with them.
  • Hitler becomes Chancellor

    President Paul von Hindenburg had already appointed Hitler as Chancellor on 30 January 1933 after a series of parliamentary elections. This affected all the German people and anyone who knew about Hitler’s views.
  • Hitler becomes Chancellor

    President Paul von Hindenburg had already appointed Hitler as Chancellor on 30 January 1933 after a series of parliamentary elections. This affected all the German people and anyone who knew about Hitler’s views.
  • Hitler Claims Emergency Powers

    Hitler claims emergency powers after a fire he claimed was the Communists fault which he would return the power after he dealt with the issue. This affected all of Germany and the government because it was dangerous to trust Hitler.
  • Hitler Claims Emergency Powers

    Hitler claims emergency powers after a fire he claimed was the Communists fault which he would return the power after he dealt with the issue. This affected all of Germany and the government because it was dangerous to trust Hitler.
  • Boycott of Jewish Businesses

    Jewish businesses were destroyed by nazis. The Jews were impacted because the Nazis were destroying business that they worked really hard for and that was a way of showing power.
  • Law for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseases

    This law was mandating the forced sterilization of certain individuals with physical and mental disabilities. This affected all the germans that had mental and physical disabilities.
  • Nuremberg Laws

    Laws put into Nazi germany that provided the legal framework for the ability to persecute jews at this time. The law said that only people of German kindred blood could be citizens of germany.
  • Law against Dangerous Habitual Criminals

    The new law allows courts to order the indefinite imprisonment of someone who has already committed a crime if they deem the person dangerous to society. This affected all the German people and was very bad for that.
  • Law against Dangerous Habitual Criminals

    The new law allows courts to order the indefinite imprisonment of someone who has already committed a crime if they deem the person dangerous to society. This affected all the German people and was very bad for that.
  • Nazi’s Occupy Rhineland

    Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany. This affects the whole world because it could lead to another world war
  • Reichs Zentrale is created

    Reichs Zentrale was a national network of German regional public radio and television broadcasting companies active from 1925 until 1945. Reichs Zentrale broadcasts were receivable in all parts of the country and were used extensively for Nazi propaganda after 1933. This affected the German people because it could convince them to join the Nazi cause.
  • Madagascar Plan presented

    Was a plan proposed by the Nazi government to forcefully move the Jewish people to madagascar. This would impact the jews because they would have had to leave their homeland and live in a foreign place.
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    Kristallnacht/The Night of Broken Glass.

    The Nazis planned a massive attack on Jews to get them out of Germany and export them to the polish border. The Jews were impacted by getting kicked out of Germany
  • St. Louis Ship (with Jews)

    During World War II The St. Louis shup was a ship that carried 900 Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany in 1939 trying to escape anti-Semitic persecution. The refugees tried to get away in Cuba but were denied permission to go in. This impacted the Jews because they had to go back to harsh germany
  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland and starts World War 2 breaking France ‘s deal with them. This mainly affected Poland, but also the whole world.
  • Lodz Ghetto Opens

    It was a small area where jews were confined. There were about 160,000 jews in a small area. It impacted the Jews because they were all living so close and if anyone did something bad or tried to escape the security around the ghetto could see and kill them.
  • Auschwitz opens

    Auschwitz was created for the extermination of the Jewish people and other groups.
    The people were affected by were Jews, Gypsies, Poles, Handicapped mentally and physically, and Soviet POWs
  • Yellow Star for German Jews

    Jews in Germany were forced to wear a badge of a Yellow Star to show that they were Jews.This impacted the a Jews because now Germans could easily tell that they were Jewish.
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    Babi Yar

    Babi yar was a massacre that took place in the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv. This affected the jews because at this event Nazi’s murderered 33,771 jewish people.
  • Last Gassing at Auschwitz

    After over 2 years the haunting place was finally done gassing people. Even though it was not abandoned till 1945 it was still a step in the right directions especially for the jews sake.
  • The Wannsee Conference

    The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of senior government officials of Nazi Germany and Schutzstaffel leaders, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee on 20 January 1942. It impacted Jews because the Nazis were coming up with ideas on “The final plan” or what to do with them.
  • The Commissar Order

    The commissar Order was an order that caught any Soviet political commissar and executed them. It impacted soviet political commissars because they were getting executed.
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    Creation of the Zigeunerlager

    Zigeunerlager was a Gypsy Camp located in Auschwitz. This was very bad for the gypsies because lots of them were murdered there.
  • Dr Josef Mengele arrives at Auschwitz

    Dr. Mengele would select inmates from the concentration camp and do horrible tests on them including injecting the subjects with diseases and amputating limbs. This affected anyone at the concentration camp but especially twins since he could use one as a control and pretty much torture the other one.
  • Himmler Orders Liquidation of ghettos

    Himmler issued an order to liquidate all ghettos and transfer remaining Jewish inhabitants to concentration camps. A few ghettos were re-designated as concentration camps and existed until 1944. This affected all the people in the ghettos and Jews in Nazi controlled territory.
  • Himmler Orders Liquidation of ghettos

    Himmler issued an order to liquidate all ghettos and transfer remaining Jewish inhabitants to concentration camps. A few ghettos were re-designated as concentration camps and existed until 1944. This affected all the people in the ghettos and Jews in Nazi controlled territory.
  • Himmler Orders Destruction of Auschwitz

    As Soviet forces continue to approach, SS chief Himmler orders the destruction of the Auschwitz gas chambers and crematoria to prevent the evidence of mass killings.
  • Liberation of Auschwitz

    The Soviets approached Auschwitz the SS evacuated 60,000 and the other 7.000 were freed. The people affected were the Jews, Gypsies, Poes, Mentally and physically handicapped, and soviet POWs
  • Hitler Commits Suicide

    Hitler died in his underground bunker, he shot himself and took a cyanide capsule. Nazis were impacted because they lost their leader and they had to surrender in war.
  • Hitler Commits Suicide

    Hitler died in his underground bunker, he shot himself and took a cyanide capsule. Nazis were impacted because they lost their leader and they had to surrender in war.
  • International Military Tribunal

    The International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, begins a trial of 21 major Nazi German leaders on charges of crimes against peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and conspiracy to commit each of these crimes. This affected almost the whole world because it brought these people to justice.
  • Adolf Eichmann captured

    He was captured in Argentina by the Mossad and then was sent to Jerusalem and was hung due to his war crimes against the jews. This impact was bad for him
  • Dr Josef Mengele Dies

    Died due to a stroke while he was swimming and then drowned. Nazis we impacted because they couldn't do as good of experiments without him on the jews.