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Yellow Star
Jews to wear a yellow star of David so they could be easily targeted. -
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Living place
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Kristallnacht
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Physical labor
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11 million people were killed.
11 million people were killed. Over half were Jews and the rest were gypsies, disabled, communists, socialists, Jehovan's witnesses, and homosexuals. -
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Nazis
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Holocaust begins
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The SS Opens the First Concentration Camp
It was the first concenteration camp and it was right outside of Munich.
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Excluded from public life
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Kristallanacht
The pogrom of Jewish people. It was nationwide and is often referred to as the Night of Broken Glass Emma -
Einsatzgruppen shoot 34,000
34,000 Jews were shot outside of Babi Yar.
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Chelmno Starts Killing
The Chelmno killing camp begins killing Jews.
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Holocaust ends
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America Liberates Danchau
The survivors of the Danchau concentration camp are set free, by American forces.
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The War Ends
Germany surrenders.
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Sources
"German Concentration Camp Crematorium." DISCovering U.S. History, Gale, 1997. Student Resources in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/BT2210010700/SUIC?u=clou20020&xid=afd11080. Accessed 18 Apr. 2017 Benson, Sonia, et al. "Holocaust." UXL Encyclopedia of U.S. History, vol. 4, UXL, 2009, pp. 702-703. Student Resources in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3048900280/SUIC?u=clou20020&xid=b82d656f. Accessed 18 Apr. 2017 -
Sources Cont.
"Concentration Camps." Gale Student Resources in Context, Gale, 2016. Student Resources in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ2181500261/SUIC?u=clou20020&xid=b6fedac8. Accessed 18 Apr. 2017 "Former Nazi Torture and Detention Sites Uncovered in Germany." PRI's The World, 6 May 2013. Student Resources in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A329441607/SUIC?u=clou20020&xid=afc8c2af. Accessed 18 Apr. 2017 "Introduction To The Holocaust". Ushmm.org. N. p., 2017. Web. 13 Apr. 2017.
