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Takeover of Power
All the political Parties in Reichstag, Germany gathered together to pass the "Enabling Act" that allowed Hitler to rule by "emergency decree". -
Nazi Boycott Jewish Businesses
On April 1, 1933, Nazis organized a boycott of all Jewish stores by hanging signs to persuade people not to purchase goods sold at Jewish shops. Although the boycott was issued to end the next day, hatred and prejudice was still presented to Jewish people. -
Hitler Becomes President
The former president, Hindenberg, dies leaving Hitler to assume presidency. -
Nazi Racial Laws
A chart was made to differentiate race/ blood of German occupants. The chart was divided into three columns: "German blood", "Mixed Blood", and Jews. This chart was called "The Nuremberg Laws". In September of 1935, these laws confined German citizenship to those who fell under the classification of "German or Kindred blood" and were not Jewish. -
Olympics Cancel Jews
The Nazi government was promoted by the Olympics. Germany's facade of being entirely equal to the eyes of international onlookers has led to the removal of all anti-Jewish promotions. These include any anti- Jewish public displays of hatred or discrimination and dismissal of any anti-Jewish activities. Germany even allows a partial Jewish man to compete for the country in the Olympics. For the visitors viewing pleasure, anti-homosexuality laws were lifted for the length of the Olympics. -
The Grand Opening of Buchenwald
Germany has been approved to open a concentration camp, Buchenwald. The workers of the camp will murder around 56,000 prisoners. Of 56,000 prisoners, nearly 1/5 (or almost 11,000) were Jews. -
Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)
On November 9th and 10th, Nazis began terrorizing Jews by burning churches (synagogues) and vandalizing buildings/ businesses of the Jewish community. This led to the death of nearly 100 Jews. Some were imprisoned and sent to concentration camps. The Nazis rounded up nearly 30,000 men to send to the camps. Also, mobs attacked Czecosvlakia after a young Jewish boy shot and killed a Nazi soldier. This led to the chain reaction of Hitler's terror reign upon the Jewish communities in Germany. -
Seeking for Refuge
Jews struggled to find refuge due to ridiculous procedures needed in order to leave including getting exit visas, paying large sums of taxes, and other unnecessary additional fines. America attempted to provide a solution to this problem by sending a ship to transport Jews but governmental changes made that difficult. In May of 1939, America sent a ship called the St. Louis which sailed from Hamberg, Germany to Cuba. This ship carried 937 Jewish refugees.
