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Hitler is appointed Chancellor
Hitler was appointed chancellor by Paul von Hindenburg. and soon after, spoke with the German Parliament for the first time. Also at this meeting, the Enabling Act was passed. -
The Enabling Act is passed
The Enabling Act gave Hitler the power to rule with emergency decree. -
Hitler starts boycott
The Nazis put signs up on the windows of Jewish shops that encouraged the Germans not to shop there. They did this hoping to start a boycott against the Jews. But, Germans continued shopping at Jewish shops, and the boycott was called off. -
The Nuremberg Laws
The Nuremberg Laws refused German citizenship to Jews and other people with German or kindred blood. They also said that Jews could not marry anyone else except Jews. -
Nazis Join Forces With Austria
Nazi Germany decided to include Austria into their reign, and they spread the Holocaust to the Jews in Austria, which tried to leave but couldn't because they needed exit visas and had to pay a large fee. -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht (The Night of the Broken Glass) was when the Nazis burned Jewish buildings, and killed and sent Jews to concentration camps. -
The St. Louis
The ship, the St. Louis , sailed from Germany to Cuba carrying hundreds of Jews, but the Cuban government didn't let them off on their ports. -
Germany Attacks Poland
Germany invaded Poland, which was the start of Europe getting into World War II. -
The Warsaw Ghetto
The German authorities sealed off the Warsaw ghetto, which left them without many supplies and hundreds of thousands of Jews. -
Germany Invades the Soviet Union
Germany invaded the Soviet Union, and following that about a quarter of the Jews from the Holocaust were shot and killed. -
Allies Drive Back German Forces
The Allies were on offense, and they drove back the German forces. -
Germany Surrenders
Germany surrendered and World War II ended.
