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Hitler Comes to Power
Hitler was appointed chancellor then all the social parties passed the enabling act which gave Hitler power to rule. -
The Nuremburg Race Law
Any person that had any Jewish ancestry from their grandparents would be defined as a Jew. -
Jews Attempt Escape
Jews wait in Vienna to get a visa to leave. Once the ship "St. Louis" left, it carried many Jews on board. Cubans and the U.S. denied access to them though, -
The Night of Broken Glass
Hitler tried to get people to stop buying from Jewish stores. When it didn't work, he sent some people to destroy and vandalize Jewish businesses. -
Final Solution
Once Germany lost the war, they resort to the "Final Solution". That sent all Jews to the "ghetto" and locked them in. -
Invading the Soviet Union
Hitler couldn't make camps in the soviet union so he instead sent SS mobile killing squads and police to gather and kill all Jews. -
Deportations
80 to 100 people were crammed in small trains and many Jews were killed due to the conditions of the trains. -
Killing of Many Jews
Jews were sent on death marches to evacuate from a concentration camp to another so that the Allied forces don't find out about them. When the allied forces got too far, they started killing them instead of moving them. -
Postwar Trials
Nazi officials listen to the proceedings at the International Military Tribunal and many war criminals were charged.