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Taking power
The Nazis had concentrated on silencing their political opponents; communists, socialists, liberals, and anyone else who spoke out against the government -
The Persecution
After Hitler took power in Germany, he ordered all "non-Aryans" to be removed from government jobs. -
Targeting Jews
The Nuremberg Laws stripped Jews of their German citizenship, jobs, and property. -
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Kristallnacht
Nazi storm troopers attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues across Germany. -
The Plight of the St. Louis
This German oceean liner passed Miami in 1939. Although 740 of the liner's 943 passengers had US immigration papers, the Coast Guard followed the ship to prevent anyone from disembarking in America. The ship was forced to return to Europe. -
The Final Solution
A policy of genocide. The people that hitler wanted to get rid of included: Jews, Gypsies, Freemasons, Jehovah's Witnesses, and other Germans whom they found unfit to be part of the "master race." -
Death Camps
Death Camps we places where the people that Germany didn't like would be put ot either work or death. -
The Final Stage
The way that they killed them was slaughter, starvation, and poison gas.
