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Hitler Youth
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Mein Kampf
Hitler publishes Mein Kampf, a book on Hitler's antisemitic ideology and political plans for the future of Germany, that he wrote himself.
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Hitler Becomes the New Chancellor of Germany
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Book Burning
20,000 "un-German" books were burned in a symbolism act towards a censored Germany.
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The Nürnberg Laws
The first two set of Nuremberg Laws were passed, these laws protected German Blood and Honor by forbidding the marriage of Germans and Jews and the employment of German women under 45 under a jewish household. These laws lead into more harsher laws that completely led into the downfall of Jewish business, financial stability and basic human rights.
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Kristallnacht
Also known as the "Night of Broken Glass" was the first instance of terrorism and mass violence against Jewish citizens in Germany.
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The Beginning of the Euthanasia Program
Hitler orders the first Euthanasia on a handicapped or mentally ill German citizens. This begins the secretive T4 program responsible for the deaths of thousands of disabled and ill German citizens.
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Germany Invades Poland
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War is Declared
Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa declare war on Germany Source -
Auschwitz
Auschwitz-Birkenau became a death camp starting from March 1942 to January 1945. -
Death Marches
Near the end of the war Jews were forced to march from one location to another. These were deadly to many Jews as it was bitterly cold at the time of these marches and they were starved. -
Bombing of Munich
Towards the latest stages of the war, the 4th largest city in Germany, Munich, was bombed four times.
