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Nazi's Launch Jewish Business Boycott
On April 1st, 1933, the Nazi's decided just 3 months after Hitler was appointed that they would target Jewish businesses in revenge for the bad press since Hitler was put in office. Officers stood outside and near the businesses with signs promoting customers to not go to these businesses. However, many Germans did not listen and still continued to shop at the businesses, but this really started the problem with the Nazi's and Jews. -
Nuremberg Laws Against Jews
These laws were announced at a party in Nuremberg. They stated that German Jews were no longer citizens, and that thy could also not have any relationship with a true German citizen. They also led to Germany indefinitely "defining" a Jew as someone that had 3 or 4 Jewish grandparents. -
Kristallnacht
The night of November 9-10th, 1938, the Nazi's invaded Jewish homes, businesses, schools. They killed about 100 Jews this night, and sent about 30,000 men to concentration camps. Kristallnacht is also referred to the "Night of Broken Glass." -
World War II Begins
On September 1st, Germany invaded Poland, to create the start of WWII. After invading, Hitler immediately began construction of concentration camps, and spreading his regime throughout the country. Execution of citizens also took place immediately. -
Establishment of Lodz Ghetto
In the February after the invasion of Poland, the Nazis started developing a ghetto in Lodz, a city about 75 miles from Warsaw. They crammed almost half the population of Jews into the small neighborhood. The Nazis began to make the Jews do forceful work when they moved there, and they were closed off in the neighborhood with barbed wire. -
Auschwitz is Established
When the mass arrests of Jewish people became to extreme to fit these people in small camps, the Germans decided they needed a bigger place to transport them. So, they starting establishing Auschwitz. It was in Poland, and over 1.1 million Jews were killed there. It was the largest camp, and was where the "Final Solution" was carried out. -
Warsaw Ghetto Established
Warsaw, Poland, was a main place influenced by the Jewish community. About 400,000 Jews were crammed into an hour of only about 1.3 miles, which was almost 2 percent of the cities land. Hunger was a major problem in this ghetto, and so was disease. -
Gas Chambers Start Murdering Jews at Belzec
Trains arrived at this concentration with about 100 people. When Jews arrived, they were told to hand over any possessions, and the men, women, and children were all separated. The gas chambers were labeled as showers, and the Jewish people believed the trick, leading to their death -
Beginning of Warsaw Ghetto Revolts
On April 19th, 1943, it was announced that the Jews would be cleared out of the Warsaw Ghetto who were confined there in honor of Hitler's birthday the following day, Over 1,000 S.S soldiers ambushed the ghetto, but the a secret Jewish organization called the ZOB. The group had many handmade weapons that they used to kill many German soldiers, and the fighting lasted for several days after. -
Revolt at Auschwitz
On October 7th, 1944, a group of Poles in one of the Crematoriums at Auschwitz started a revolt over many hidden weapons hidden in the building. Eventually, other campers in the other Crematoriums started revolting. One of the Nazis was even caught by the group and burned in the oven for revenge. -
Evacuation of Auschwitz
When the SS found out the Soviets were on their way to the camp, they deciding to completely deliberate all further massacre at the camp. So, thousands of Jews were marched out of Auschwitz before the Soviets could get there to make it seem like nothing really happened. These marches were called "death marches" because of how physically torturing it was for the weak Jews. -
Death of Adolf Hitler
After Hitler's main SS leader was proved unfaithful, Hitler began very worried and didn't do much publicly anymore. He got married just days before his death, and once he started losing the land he had taken he had decided his only option was suicide. Mussolini had been caught and murdered, and Hitler did not want that to happen to himself because it would be too publicly humiliating. So, him and his wife both committed suicide.
