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Germans happy for war
Germans happily were about to enter WWI -
Germany loses WWI
Germany surrenders to its allies and lost WWI -
Treaty of versailles
This was after WW I when Hitler started convincing vulnerable Germany. -
Hyper Inflation
The inflation rate was rising too fast and out of control. Price of bread in Germany. -
Beerhall Putsh
Hitler attempts to overthrow the German government. This is when Hitler decides to show up. (FAILURE) -
Hitler on Trial
Uses trial to give huge speech further blaming Jews for problems of Germany. -
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Republic style government
Germany's government style switches to republic -
Anne Frank's birth
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Great Depression
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Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
Hitler, the dictator of Germany, gained a lot of power to become dictator. He eliminated political rivals to be head of the Nazis. When he was rising the popularity of the Nazis, that forced Hindenburg to give him some power -
Reichstag Fire
Hitler blames communists for the fire. -
Enabling act of March
He gave power of decision making to Hitler so he got rid of all other political parties and got rid of his rivals. -
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Holocaust
The Holocaust is the great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life. It lasted 10 years and killed 6 million jews, 1.5 million children under 12, and 5 million other undesirables. 11 Million were killed total. A lot of deaths were from suicide and concentration camp -
Nuremberg Laws
Nazis needed a way to identify Jews so they could discriminate them. Nuremberg Laws defined people with 3 or 4 Jewish Grandparents as "Jewish" and 1 or 2 as "Mixed Blood" -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht was the first night of violence towards the Jews. -
Ghettos started
They started rounding up millions of Jews and placing them in ghettos. -
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World War II
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Euthanasia Program
Systematically killing those deemed "unworthy of life" due to either physical disability or mental illness. -
Germany Invades Poland
World War II begins -
First "Death Camp"
This is where they locked people up in rooms w/ running car fuel that kills you. It was very slow and inefficient -
Experimenting w/ Zyklon B
This is a gas that is used for mass extermiation. THis would becom the Nazis "preferred method" for the Auschwitz camp. -
Wannsee Conference
Nazi Leaders approve the final solution or plan to EXTERMINATE the Jews. Which means, killing every single Jew. -
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Eisatzgruppen
Mobile Killing Squads or "Action Kommandos" is how they tried to exterminate the Jews. As the army advanced into he Soviet Union, these groups would round up Jews from the newly occupied areas and kill them... usually by shooting. The largest mass-killing by Einsatzgruppen on record was at Babi Yar in Ukraine. 33,000 people were killed in just under 2 days. -
Frank's go to hiding
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
- Residents smuggled weapons in
- Uprising lasted for about a month
- SS troops arrested and deported residents after the uprising ended.
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Camp Rebelions
Prisoners start uprisings! -
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Death Marches
- Allies advancing toward death camps
- Nazis evacuated prisoners, march them into Germany to avoid capture
- Brutal treatment and harsh conditions along the way
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Liberation of concentration camps
Concentration camps - Camps where the Jews got moved to. They were either killed right away, or worked to death. If you didn't do your commands, then you would be harshly punished or killed. -
Anne Frank's death
Anne Frank died from the holocaust at the Bergen-Belson concentration camp in Germany. -
Free At Last!!!
Camps throughout Europe are liberated by Allies forces. -
Hitler commits suicide
Hitler commits suicide rather than face capture by the Soviet Red Army. Germany surrendered withing a week in the war. -
D.P. Camps
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Nuremberg Triles