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The Holocaust
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The Beginning
Adolf Hitler, the chancellor of Germany, controls a nation with a population of about 566,000 Jews. -
Nazi's concentration camps
After ruling over the Jewish community, Hitler decided to open up concentration camps in different areas like Dachau near Munich, Buchenwald near Weimar, and Sachsenhausen near Berlin. -
President Hindenburg dies
President Hindenburg died. Hitler combined the offices of Reich Chancellor and President, declaring himself Führer. -
Jewish are barred
The beginning of Jews being barred from serving for the German armed forces. -
The night of Broken Glass (Kristallnacht)
An anti-Jewish program in Germany, Austria, and Sudetenland; 200 synagogues destroyed;about 7,500 Jewish shops looted; 30,000 male Jews sent to concentration camps like Dachau, Buchenwald, and Sachsenhausen. -
Hitler invaded Poland.
On the first day of September, Hitler invaded Poland, officially starting WWII. The result were about 16,500 civilians are murdered by the Nazies in 714 localities. At least 5,000 victims were Jews. -
Auschwitz
One of the biggest concetration camps were built, containing about 1,100,000 Jews. -
The Shooting
Einsatzgruppen shoots about a population of 34,000 Jews at Babi Yar, outside Kiev. -
Declaring War
The German Nazi's declared war on America. -
The Surrender
Germany's sixth army surrendered at Stalingrad -
Freedom
They liberated the people in the camp of Buchenwald.
