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Chancellor of Germany
As Hitler became the chancellor of Germany (the head of the government), it served as a turning point for Germany, as well as the world. Hitler's plan was to make Germany a powerful, unified one-party state. Once Hitler's plans sprung to action, there was very little that anyone could do to stop them. -
Sterilization
In July, the Nazis passed a law allowing for forced sterilization of those found by a Hereditary Health Court to have genetic defects. Sterilization is a term that referrs to killing all forms of life. Although this is indirect, it is still a form of murder that occured in the Holocaust. -
The Nazi Party
The Nazi Party is declared the only legal party in Germany. This meant that all other political parties, besides the Nazi's, were banned. Also, Nazis pass Law to strip Jewish immigrants from Poland of their German citizenship. -
Abortions
Nazis pass a law allowing forced abortions on women to prevent them from passing on hereditary diseases. Many people strongly disagreed with this; especially women. This event goes to show that Hitler and the Nazi's had total control of Germany. -
No Jewish Doctors
Jewish doctors were prohibited from practicing medicine in public health institutions. This is a large event in the Holocaust because the world always needs doctors. Hitler and the Nazis prohibited Jews from being doctors because of who they were. This could have potentially costed an innocent person their life. -
Identity
The Nazis required Jewish women/men to add Sarah/Isreal to their names on all legal documents including passports. This was a huge event in the Holocaust because it made the Jews lose their true sense of identity. On October 5th, 1938, Jews were also required to have a big red "J" stamped on their passports, too. -
Kristallnacht
On November 9 to November 10, 1938, Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. This event is also referred to as "The Night of Broken Glass." This event resulted in some 30,000 Jewish men being sent to concentration camps. -
Auschwitz
On March 24th and 27th, 1942, both Slovak and French Jews began being deported to Auschwitz, one of the most harsh concentration camps during this time. Whenever a prisonser was too old/sick to work, they were sent to a death camp to die. Later in 1942, several other types of Jews were deoprted here, too. -
The New York Times
The New York Times reports via the London Daily Telegraph that over 1,000,000 Jews have already been killed by Nazis. This event was shocking because it went to show how many innocent people Hitler and the Nazis killed during the Holocaust just because of who they were. -
Resistance of the Nazis
In the Warsaw Ghetto, this day marked the first resistance of the Nazis by the Jews. Many Jews armed themselves with both smuggled and homemade weapons. Other Jews in the ghetto retreated into prepared hiding places. The Germans, expecting the expulsions to run smoothly, were surprised by the resistance.
