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Stock Market Crash of 1929
The stock market crashed a lot. The great depression begins. -
Nazi Party
The Nazi Party takes power in Germany. Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor. They ‘temporarily’ take away freedoms, but they are never given back. -
Chancellor and President
Adolf Hitler combines Chancellor and president to become Fuhrer of Germany. -
German Jews
The Nazi Party takes away citizenship and many other basic rights from Jewish People -
New Jews allowed!
The olympic games are held in Germany. There are an abundance of signs prohibiting Jews from Public places until the Olympics are over. -
German troops invade Austria
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Kristallnacht occurs in Germany.
They attack many Jews in Germany. -
Taking Over
Germany takes over the neighboring nation, Czechoslovakia -
More Invading
Germany invades Poland. World War II begins in Europe. -
Deportation of Jews
Jews are forced to go to Poland and go to ghettos. The Nazis begin conquering country after country in Western Europe -
Germany attacks the Soviet Union.
Jews are now forced to enter internment camps. Nazis are starting their initial stages to slaughtering Jewish people. The first Death Camp is opened in Poland. Germany and Japan bomb Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. -
The Final Solution
The Nazi Party makes the final solution- the murduring of all European Jews. Five more death camps open in Poland- including Auschwitz. About 25 percent of Jews that are going to be killed have already been killed. -
Few Jews remaining.
About 85 percent of all Jews that would die in the Holocaust have already been murdered. -
Hitler occupies Hungary.
The Nazis are deporting at least 12,000 Hungarian Jews per day to Auschwitz. -
Russians to the Rescue!!!
As the Russians proceed west, the Nazis begin to desert all concentration camps, including Auschwitz. -
Americans to the resuce!
The American armed forces come to free all the remaining Jews in Buchenwald. -
Violence to a close.
World War II ends in Europe and the Nazis lose. The Holocaust is now over. The Holocaust murdered 1/3 of the World’s Jewish Population. The survivors are Homeless. -
Trial for Nazis.
There is a trial led by Britain, France, United States, and Soviet union. They try the Nazi leaders for crimes against humanity. This meeting is held in Nuremberg -
A Safe, Sacred Home.
The war of independence is fought. The state of Israel, a safe sacred home for all Jews, is now established.