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Hitler wanted all the youth in Germany to believe in the Nazi Government (Trueman). Hitler felt that the German educational system was inadequate and so he created Hitler Youth (Trueman). The youth's activities in the Hitler Youth would prepare them for war, and would ensure the next generation's belief in the Nazi Party (Trueman).
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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Law stripping East European Jewish immigrants of German citizenship.
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Students of the University of Berlin burn thousands of books by Jewish authors
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The Kristallnacht was a turning point during the Holocaust in Germany. The Kristallnacht, also known as the "Night of Broken Glass" refers to when the Jews were attacked in Germany. The Jews' homes were ransacked, their businesses were destroyed, and they were demolished in violence.
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Buchenwald Concentration camp opens
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Hitler Gives his speech in Reichstag stating that "If war erupts it will mean the Vernichtung (extermination) of European Jews".
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Germany invades Poland and World War II begins
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Hitler's birthday would be celebrations throughout Germany.
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Germany looks to take control of the Soviet Union with an invasion attack.
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German Jews are required to wear the yellow star of David with the word Jude.
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Chelmno (Kulmhof) extermination camp begins operations 340,000 Jews, 20,000 Poles, and Czechs were murdered from this time to April of 1943.
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Harris' bombers attack Hamburg, killing 40,000 people
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Beginning of death march of approximately 40,000 Jews from Budapest and Austria.
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Air raids are when planes bomb certain targets with incendiary bombs. The Allied forces (USA, UK, China, USSR) were the ones doing the bombing. The air raids helped destroy and cripple the Nazi and Japanese Empire. Liesel was the sole survivor of the Himmel Street bombing.
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Hitler commits suicide
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World War II ends with the USA signing a peace treaty with Japan several weeks after they dropped two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Also, the Russians happened to defeat the Nazis and some say Hitler either killed himself or left Nazi Germany.
