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Birth
Eva Galler, a survivor of the Holocaust, was born in Olszyce, Poland. -
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Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler writes book, Mein Kampf, while in prison. In it, he blamed the Jews for WWI, and said all non-Aryans must be exterminated to create “master race." -
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Nazi Party
Nazi party-National Socialist Party in Reichstag in Germany -
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Hitler Elected Chancellor
Under Hitler, the Storm Trooper (SS) was established, concentration camps were built, and signs were posted saying, “Germans defend yourselves! Do not buy from Jews.” Germany was home to about 500,000 Jews in this year. -
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Henrich Himmler Commands Concentration Camps
As the chief of SS, Himmler made the “Black Shirts” police Germany. Hitler was both president and chancellor of Germany and established the 3rd Reich. -
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Swastika Adopted as National Flag
The Nuremburg Laws stripped Jews of all rights and property. They also forced Jews to wear the yellow star of David as a sign that they were Jewish. -
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Olympic Games in Berlin
Jesse Owens won 4 golds medals, but Hitler refused to shake
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Buchenwald Concentration camp opened
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Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht means, “crystal night," or the night of broken glass. During this, Nazi storm troopers attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synogogues. Shop windows were broken, 35,000 Jews were arrested and sent to camps, and the Nazis blamed the Jews for the destruction. After, curfews were placed on Jews. In 1938, there were only about 215,000 Jews remaining in Germany. -
Eva Galler's Dad Writes Letter
At the time, all the Jews in Europe did not know that they were going to be mass exterminated. The persecution was a step-by-step process. Her father wrote a letter saying, "By now you have heard that Vienna has been occupied by the Germans. Unfortuantely, we are dancing at the same wedding. I am very nervous." -
Galler Wedding
Eva's half-brother, Morris, married an American girl named Dora. They left Poland just before the outbreak of WWII. -
Germany Invades Poland
This event was the start of WWII. “Final Solution” were started by Hitler to quickly exterminate Jews and non-Aryan races to death camps. -
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Germany Starts All Deportation of Jews
Auschwitz was built in Poland along with 6 other concentration camps. Germany also placed all Polish Jews in ghettos which were surrounded by 8 foot walls. -
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France Sends Jews to Camps
In 1941, France sent 17,000 Jews to camps, beginning massive deportation. At this point, there were only about 130,000 Jews left in Germany. -
Galler's Problems Begin
It was around 6:00 on a Sunday morning when Eva's family was awoken to gun shots. They went outside to see German soldiers on motorcycles shooting at people and not caring who they killed. -
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Japanese Americans are Placed in Work Camps
Around 110,000 Japanese Americans were placed in work camps until the war was over. In Eurpoe, all Polish Jews were sent to Bergen-Belsen concentration camps and all ghettos were liquidated to Auschwitz. Many Jews were committing crimes and were arrested. Their crimes included using public transportation, owning pets, visiting barber shops, having a typewriter or electric appliance, and wearing or owning woolen or fur clothing. -
Eva's Family Moved
Eva's family hears the drummer come. He tells them that they have to move. They are told to carry what they can and walk seven kilometers to a place called a ghetto. -
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SS troops send Jews in Warsaw after revolt to camps
Out of the 60,000 people, 56,065 people were killed. At this time, there were only around 15,000 Jews left in Germany. -
Eva Goes to Belzec
Eva and her family are taken from the ghetto to the death camp of Belzec. It was not a working camp, so there were no survivors. They just gassed them and cremated them. -
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Germans plan to breed an Aryan elite race
There Germans were going to force unmarried women to bear SS troops' children. In this year, 46,000 Jews were gassed and burned in just one day at Auschwitz. -
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Warsaw Liberated
When Auschwitz was freed, there were only 5,000 people remaining. Buchenwald was freed, which is where Anne Frank's dad was. In April, FDR died, Mussolini was assassinated and Hitler committed suicide. Finally, Japan and Germany surendered, ending WWII. -
Germans Started Drawing Back
Russians came in, but Eva was still scared to tell people that she was Jewish. -
Move to the United States
Eva and her husband moved to the United States. -
Move to New Orleans
Eva moves her family to New Orleans.
