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Hitler's Rise to Power
Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany. -
The Terror Begins
(SA) Guards arrested members of the German Communist Party in a basement jail -
The Enabling Act Passed
All political parties passed the Enabling Acts which gave Hitler total power. -
Anti-Jew Boycott
Nazis initiated a boycott of Jewish shops and businesses. Many Germans disregarded the boycott, and it was called off after 24 hours. -
Nazi Race Laws
The Nuremberg Laws were anti-Semitic and racist laws that restricted future German citizenship to solely Germans. It excluded those who were deemed "racially" Jewish or Gypsy. -
Refuge
Because of the wave of humiliations and prejudices, Austrian Jews attempted to leave the country. Jews went to Vienna police stations to obtain exit visa's, but government policies in the 1930's made it difficult for the Jews that were seeking refuge to settle in the United States. -
Night of Broken Glass
The Nazi regime unleashed anti-Jewish violence across Germany. Synagogues were vandalized, 7,500 businesses were destroyed, 96 Jews were killed, and 30,000 Jewish men were sent to concentration camps. -
Concentration Camps
Within the camps, prisoners wore colored, tri-angular badges as identification. Although Jews were their main enemy, Gypsies, people with disabilities, Soviet prisoners of war, and more were also persecuted.