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Hitler Takes Power
Hitler was assigned to be the Chancellor and later became the leader of Germany and gained full control of Germany when he accused the communist part of burning the Reichstag. -
Laws
Jews were prevented from civil political positions and public schools. Hitler only wanted the pure German race to receive the right as a German citizen. -
Concentration Camps
Concentration camps were made to hold Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, political opponents, homosexuals, and any others that could be dangerous to the German race. All of them that made it to the camps were put to work in harsh conditions. -
Book Burning
In the belief of Hitler, books were burned because they could be dangerous to his idea to rework the mind of the Germans. He wanted the people of Germany to believe what he was doing was right. Very few books were allowed to be read. -
Nerumberg Laws
These laws create segregation to all races except the pure German race. People that weren't Jewish but had Jewish grandparents were all considered as Jews due to these laws. -
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
It becomes the largest concentration camp within Germany's original borders. -
Jewish Passports Became Invalid
All Jews with a German passport were ordered to turn in their passports. They would only become valid when a "j" was stamped on them. -
Kristallnacht
Germans marched from house to house finding and persecuting as may Jewish people as possible. They destroyed anything owned or created by a Jew as well. -
Economic Exclusion
All Jewish owned businesses were completely closed, and it was against the law that they could sell any goods or services at any kind of establishment. -
Invasion of Poland
Hitler's are advanced through Poland and reached Warsaw the Polish capital. Many refugees attempted to escape with the help of the Polish army to hold off the Germans. But with all the bombing the city surrender and left the country in the hands of Hitler. -
Warsaw Ghetto
A ghetto was a places that was closed off, and people were sent to these ghettos to live and never leave unless they were ordered to. Warsaw held 350,000 Jews or 2.4% of the population in the city, but before the deportations began in 1942 there were nearly 500,000 Jews.