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Hindenburg appoints Hitler as Chancellor of Germany. Initially, but Hitler's growing popularity eventually allowed him to win the election. Hitler being appointed kicked off the rise of Nazi Germany.
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From March 11th-13th Germany invaded and annexed Austria in an event known as Anschluss. They were added to the German Third Reich.
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The invasion of Poland was Hitler's first step to dominating the rest of Europe. They started off bombing Poland relentlessly, tearing down their defenses. After that they invaded on land
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After they invaded Poland they set up the first ghetto there. Warsaw contained about 400,000 people there.
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The Nazis were planning to make an attack on the Danish Jewish people. Denmark got warned of this before hand and helped about 7000+ Jews. -
After the war, Aproxima. 6 million Jews died. Europes Jewish population decreased significantly as 2 of every 3 Jews were dead. -
The Red Army liberates Auschwitz. About 60,000 prisoners were forced to death march westward. -
Survivors of the camp were to weak to digest food and died later on. Doctors had to feed them liquid foods for a very long time until they were able to digest slightly solid foods.
