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The Enabling Act
Political parties in the Reichstag passed "The Enabling Act" which gave hitler the power to rule by emergency decree -
Jewish Boycotts
Nazis initiated boycotts on Jewish shops and businesses. Boycott ended after 24 hours but damaging discrimination continued -
Nazi Race Laws
Laws were issued to restrict future German citizenship to those of other decent (Jewish). Marriage between a Jewish person and a non-Jewish person. -
Trying to leave
Jewish citizens in Vienna line up at police stations to get exit visas after Nazi Germany was humiliated by Austria. Although they were allowed to leave, Jewish people had to pay large taxes and additional fees, which many didn't have the money to pay. -
St. Louis Ship
The St. Louis ship sails from Germany to Cuba carrying 937 passengers most of them Jewish. Although thought they had escaped, America denied passengers to enter the united states so the ship returned to Europe where over 250 refugees would be later tortured and killed in the Holocaust. -
The night of the broken glass
On the night of November 9–10, 1938, the Nazi regime unleashed orchestrated anti-Jewish violence across greater Germany. Synagogues were vandalized and burned, 7,500 Jewish businesses were damaged or destroyed, 96 Jews were killed, and nearly 30,000 Other Jewish citizens were arrested and sent to concentration camps. -
SS Mobile Killing Squads
About a quarter of Jews that perished in the Holocaust were shot by SS mobile killing squads and police battalions. Jewish citizens were lined up and shot landing into graves they had dug for themselves and other peers. There was no escaping this cruelty for if one moved or ran they would also be shot and put in the mass grave on top of the others. -
Trains and Rail cars
Between 1942-1944 trains and rail cars carried Jews to concentration camps. 80 to 100 Jews were crammed in for days at a time. Most didn't make it because they couldn't handle the living conditions. They carried about 1,500 people.
