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World War 1 Effects
World War 1 left Germany still paying reparations and in a devastated state of economy. Reparations left it vulnerable, and tens of thousands of soldiers had also died, with catastrophic damage done to buildings; they were essentially in the dumps. -
The Depression
By the time they were in 1933 around 9 million Jews lived in Europe, with 500,000 living specifically in Germany, working hard to during the economic depression they were going through. -
When It Started
Hitler is appointed Chancellor, and he creates the Third Reich; also known as the Nazi state. As this state was created it took away citizens guarantee for basic rights. They started creating concentration camps, and disposing of anyone who opposed them. -
The Restrictions
About six years into Hitler's dictatorship, he restricted basically all movement of Jews, they started feeling the effects of over 400 regulations they were forced to follow throughout their public and private lives. -
The Night of Broken Glass
The night of Broken Glass- also known as Kristallnacht- is the night when Nazi's went around vandalizing property then forced Jews to pay reparations for it. Which was only the one of a long series of hate crimes towards Jews. -
The Conquering
Germany and its allies started conquering different parts of Europe, taking away all Jews rights as they went along, they set up Ghettos and made all Jews wear identifying armbands as a part of regulation. -
War With Soviet Union
Germany entered a war with Soviet Union, focusing more on their "Final Solution;" Jews suffered harsher fates than they originally had to endure. Gas chambers were heavily used during this time. -
The Aftermath
By 1945 they had discovered over six million dead European Jews in concentration camps, piles of bones, dead corpses, and human ashes were found. Millions of Jews suffered due to the Holocaust; many of the survivors have still not recovered from the mass genocide they experienced.