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Hitler becomes Chancellor
Elected in 1933 democratically, totalitarian -
Boycott of Jewish Businessess
Jewish businesses are boycotted by Germans, Hitler made false claims that Jewish Germans were hoarding money and hurting Germany’s economy and the German People believed him -
Nuremberg Laws
Nazi’s anounced new laws, state-sponsored discrimination, “Protection of German Blood”, Identification criteria (Star of David placed on Jews), minority groups classified as secondary citizens -
Dachau Opened
In Munich, Germany, first concentration camp opened in 1933, opened two months after Hitler is elected as Chancellor, 243,000 people murdered -
Kristallnacht/The Night of Broken Glass
Massive, coordinated attacks; synagogues, businesses, and cemeteries. In response to the murder of a German diplomat by a Jewish teenager (supposedly). -
Germany Invades Polnad
German army occupies the western half of Poland and force thousands of Polish Jews out of their homes and put them into ghettos -
"Final Solution" Begins
Hitler aims to "Aryanization" of Germany, dissmissing non-Aryans from civil serice by expanding empire in Europe to Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France -
Auschwitz Concentration Camp Established
Largest concentration camps in Poland, used mainly as a work camp until the Final Solution to kill all jews was announced in 1942, three major sections: Birkenau, Monowitz, and Auschwitz, until 1942 it’s prisoners were largely poles, many groups in concentration camps: homosexuals, gypsies, handicapped, jews -
Liberation of Auschwitz
The Soviet Army entered Auschwitz and liberated the remaining 7,000 prisoners. The non-remaining prisoners had been led on a "death march" while Soviet frontlines had been advancing