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Germany takes defeat
after WW1 Germany took defeat -
League of Nations founded
the League of Nations was a 20th-century international organization, predecessor to the United Nations -
Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
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Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch.
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Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" published.
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Emperor Hirohito
Emperor of Japan from 1926 – 1989 -
Germany admitted to League of Nations.
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Stock Market on Wall Street crashes.
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Germans elect Nazis making them the 2nd largest political party in Germany
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Franklin Roosevelt elected President of the United States.
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Adolf Hitler leader for Germany
Germany voted Adolf Hitler as Leader -
F D Roosevelt
FDR was President of the United States of America from 1933-1945, the longest sitting president. He is responsible for declaring war on Japan after the bombing at Pearl Harbor, but died before the end of the war. -
Nazis open Dachau concentration camp.
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HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST – TIME LINE (part 1)
The Nazi party takes power in Germany. Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor,or prime minister of Germany.- Nazis ‘temporarily’ suspend civil liberties
– The Nazis set up the first concentration camp at Dachau. The first inmates are 200 Communists. – Books with ideas considered dangerous to Nazi beliefs are burned. -
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.
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The German Reichstag burns.
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First concentration camp opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin.
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Enabling Act gives Hitler dictatorial power.
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Nazi boycott of Jewish owned shops
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Nazis burn books in Germany.
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Nazi Party declared Germany's only political party
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Germany quits the League of Nations
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HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST – TIME LINE (Part 2)
Hitler combines the positions of chancellor and president to become ‘Fuhrer’ or leader of Germany.’
– Jewish newspapers can no longer be sold in the streets. -
HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST – TIME LINE (Part 3)
Jews are deprived of their citizenship and other basic rights.
– The Nazis intensify the persecution of political people that don't agree with his philosophy. -
HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST – TIME LINE (part 4)
Nazis boycott Jewish-owned business.
– The Olympic Games are held in Germany; signs barring Jews are removed until the event is over. – Jews no longer have the right to vote. -
HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST – TIME LINE (Part 5)
On Kristallnacht, the ‘Night of Broken Glass,’ Nazis terrorized Jews throughout Germany and Austria – 30,000 Jews are arrested -
HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST – TIME LINE (Part 6)
Germany takes over Czechoslovakia and invades Poland.
– World War II begins as Britain and France declare war on Germany. – Hitler orders that Jews must follow curfews; Jews must turn in radios to the police; Jews must wear yellow stars of David. -
German forces invaded Poland
Germany tries to collect land from Poland -
Neville Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain resigned in 1940 before they got involved in WW2 -
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill was the prime minister of great Britain during WW2 -
HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST – TIME LINE (part 7)
Nazis begin deporting German Jews to Poland.
– Jews are forced into ghettos. – Nazis begin the first mass murder of Jews in Poland. -Jews are put into concentration camps. -
The Battle of Britain
This was in 1940 and the Germans made bomber attacks on British ships in the English Channel. They then sent bombers to attack British airfields, harbors where their fleets were kept, and factories where their planes were built. More than 500 pilots were killed and nearly 800 planes destroyed. After several months of attacks, the battle ended with Britain striking back and causing severe damage to the Germans
The Germans stopped those attacks and switched to bombing Britain’s cities -
Hideki Tojo
Prime minister of Japan from 1941-1944 -
HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST – TIME LINE (Part 8)
Germany attacks the Soviet Union.
– Jews throughout Western Europe are forced into ghettos. -Jews may not leave their houses without permission form the police. -Jews may no longer use public telephones. -
HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST – TIME LINE (part 9)
Nazi officials discuss the ‘Final Solution’ – their plan to kill all European Jews – to the government officials.
-Jews are forbidden to: subscribe to newspapers; keep dogs, cats, birds, etc; keep electrical equipment including typewriters; own bicycles; buy meat, eggs, or mild; use public transportation; attend school. -
Benito Mussolini
He was the prime minister of Italy during the earlier years of the war and joined with Hitler. He was removed in 1943 and executed in 1945. -
HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST – TIME LINE (part 10)
February: About 80 to 85 percent of the Jews who would die in the Holocaust have already been murdered. -
HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST – TIME LINE (Part 11)
Hitler takes over Hungary and begins deporting 12,000 Hungarian Jews each day to Auschwitz where they are murdered. -
Joseph Stalin
Stalin was the Communist dictator of Russia from before and to after the war. He was an evil leader, murdering or imprisoning almost all of Russia’s leading military officers and millions of other Russian citizens who were seen as threats to his power. -
HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST – TIME LINE (Part 12)
Hitler is defeated and World War II ends in Europe.
– The Holocaust is over and the death camps are emptied. – Many survivors are placed in displaced persons facilities. -
Harry Truman
Truman was FDR’s vice president and became president of the United States when FDR died in the final year of World War II. He is responsible for the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan. -
atomic bomb
Harry Truman sent the atomic bomb on japan -
HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST – TIME LINE (part 13)
An International Military Tribunal (Judicial assembly) is created by Britain, France,the United States, and the Soviet Union.
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HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST – TIME LINE (part 14)
The United Nations establishes a Jewish homeland in British-controlled Palestine, which becomes the State of Israel in 1948. -
Charles de Gaulle
A French general who led the French in their fight against Germany. After World War II, he became president of France.