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Hitler takes power
In March, 1933 Hitler was appointed to chancellor. Political parties in Reichstag passed the "Enabling Act" giving Hitler the power to rule. -
Nazi assault begins
Hitler started off with micro-aggression towards Jewish people by posting boycott signs on Jewish businesses and shops. The signs told German people not to have business there and to take it else where, Most people paid no mind to this and continued on. -
Nazi race laws
Laws issued that you had to carry German citizenship identification to those of German blood or kindred blood and exclude Jewish people. -
Enemies of the state
Jews were a primary target but Nazis also captured gypsies, and people with mental and physical disabilities. -
Night of Broken Glass
The burning of Jewish homes and businesses, many Jewish people were beaten and killed. 96 Jewish people died, and nearly 30,000 men were sent to concentration camps. -
American responses
Jews could not settle in the U.S, Cuba revoked Jewish landing certificates on the St. Louis, so when they got to America they were sent back to Germany. -
War begins
Sections of Warsaw are in ruins following the invasion of Poland by the German military. this propelled Europe into World
War II. -
Last Chapter
Danish rescuers ferried 7,220 Jews to safety across the narrow strait to Sweden. As a result, more than 90% of Jews escaped deportation to Nazi camps.
