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1933 BCE
Enabling Act in March 1933
Basically Hitler was given the power of decision making. Within a few months, all other political parties besides the Nazis were eliminated so this allowed Hitler to get rid of all his rivals. Once Hitler was in charge he mad it illegal to be an active member of a different political party so the republic economy just STOPS. He caused official boycotts of Jewish businesses. -
Treaty of Versailles
Germany lost the war and they had to sign an unfavorable treaty. It was unfavorable, because they lost land, lost military, and had to pay back money to winners. The treaty did not sit well with Germans. -
Beer hall putsch
Hitler attempts to overthrow the German government, but he was not successful. Everyone thinks he is psycho. -
Hyperinflation
Prices skyrocket in Germany due to the amount of money printed. -
Hitler was on Trial
He uses his trial to give a huge speech further blaming Jews for problems of Germany. -
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Germany had a Republic style government
People were voting for their representatives. -
Reichstag light on fire in the middle of the night.
Hitler uses this as an excuse to blame the communists. The Nazis did this on purpose (or so believed). Everyone gets scared or they think that is was an act of terrorism. -
Hitler was named chancellor.
Hitler eliminated political rivals to be ahead of Nazis. The Rising popularity of the Nazis forces Hindenburg to give him some power. -
First Concentration camps were set up
Concentration camps were mostly for political prisoners. Early on, the camps were imprisonment and hard labor, not for killing they were basically work camps. -
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" Mixed Jewish. -
Appeasement
German Army moves into Austria and Germany annexes CZECHOSLOVAKIA to avoid war, other countries let them do it. -
Kristallnacht (the night of broken glass)
In response to the murder of a German diplomat, orders are given to Nazi party members to riot against Jewish businesses and homes... but make it look like a CIVILIAN uprising. -
Euthanasia Program Begins
Euthanasia- Systematic killing of those Germans whom the Nazi's deemed "unworthy of life" because of mental illness or physical disability. Eventually 80,000 people with disabilities will be killed. -
Germany Invades Poland (WWII begins)
Poland has 3 million Jews in it's population. Hitler thought a world war would result in destruction of the Jewish race in Europe. -
Nazi's established / created Ghettos
Nazis began rounding up millions of Jews and confining them to Ghetto's. Largest Ghettos were in cities like Warsaw and other major cities. -
-They start to fight back- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Residents smuggled weapons into the Ghetto. The uprising lasted for about a month. SS troops arrested and deported residents after the uprising ended. Day after day people were being sent away to death camps other people knew what was up so they thought to cause an uprising in their heads instead of waiting to get shipped off to death camps lets do something about it we have nothing to loose so they said that if they were going down they were going to take some Nazis with them. -
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Death Marches
Allies were advancing toward death camps. Nazi's were evacuating prisoners, march them into Germany to avoid capture. Brutal treatment and harsh conditions along the way. They had to march to their new destination they were shot if they fell a lot of people died along h way. -
War Ended
Hitler committed suicide, and Germany Surrendered. -
World War II ended and Hitler dies
Hitler commits suicide instead of facing capture by the Soviet Red Army. Germany surrenders within a week. -
Nuremburg Trials
The Allies and the international community put a number of Germans on trial for War crimes, crimes Against peace and crimes against humanity.