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Treaty of Versailles
Germans had to pay back countries. Reduce in city. Lose military. Can only have a certain amount of soldiers. Lose land. Treaty of Versailles was the most important in the peace treaty, that brought WW1 down. -
Hyper inflation
Prices rise so fast it gets out-of-control. Price of bread in Germany. -
Beer hall Putsch
Hitler attempts to overthrow the German government.
- About two thousand men marched to the centre of Munich, where they confronted the police, which resulted in the death of 16 Nazis and four policemen. Hitler himself was wounded.
-After two days, Hitler was arrested and charged with treason -
Beer Hall Putsch pt2
-His arrest was followed by a 24-day trial, which was widely publicized and gave Hitler a platform to publicize his nationalist sentiment to the nation. Hitler was found guilty of treason and sentenced to five years in Landsberg Prison.
-On 20 December 1924, having served only nine months, Hitler was released. -
Hitler on trial Weimar Republic)
Uses trial to give huge speech further blaming Jews for problems of Germany. Worst possible punishment. -
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Germany republic style government
(Germany had a republic) The president was a popular war hero named Hindenburg, but his health began to fail him in the early 1930's. -
Anne Frank is born
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Eliminate political rivals to e head of Nazis. Rising popularity of Nazis forces Hindenburg to give him some power. Hindenburg came up with a plan to get the Nazis on their side by offering to make Hitler vice chancellor. He refused and demanded to be made Chancellor. -
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Holocaust
The Holocaust was a horrible disaster that happened in Germany, that lasted from 1933 till 1945. The main person that lead the Holocaust was Adolf Hitler. His group of Nazis killed about 11 million people, throughout the 12 years that the Holocaust was in play. -
Reichstag Fire of February 1933
Hitler blames Communists for fire. Hitler didn't have any evidence on if the Communists really did it. Everyone later believed that the Communists set the fire and are bad people for doing it. The Communists really didn't do it. Hitler hired employees to torch the Reichstag. -
Official Boycott of Jewish Businesses
On April 1, 1933, the Nazis carried out the first nationwide, planned action against them: a boycott of Jewish businesses. Nazi spokesmen claimed the boycott was an act of revenge against both German Jews and foreigners, including US and English journalists, who had criticized the Nazi regime. -
Enabling Act of March 1933
Gives power of decision making to Hitler. Within a few months, all other political parties besides the Nazis were eliminated. The allowed Hitler to get rid of all his rivals. -
Nuremberg Laws- 1935
Nazis needed a way to identify Jews so they could discriminate them. Nuremberg Laws defined people with 3 or 4 Jewish Grandparents as "Jewish" and 1 or 2 as "Mixed Blood." (Allowing them to figure out who was a Jew)
-Denied Citizenship
-Forbade Jews from marrying non-Jews
-Cannot fly national flag
-Punishments included fines, imprisonment and hard labor
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Kristallnacht
On Nov. 9th to Nov. 10th, Nazis blew up a bunch of Jewish homes, business, and schools in Germany. The destruction left nothing left, and killed about 100 Jews. -
Germany invades Poland (WAR STARTS)
-Has 3 million Jews in its population)
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World War II 1939-1945
-It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. -
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World War ll pt2
-- Marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust (in which approximately 11 million people were killed) and the strategic bombing of industrial and population centres (in which approximately one million were killed, and which included the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki), it resulted in an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities. These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history. -
Euthanasia Program
Systematically killing those deemed "Unworthy of life" due to physical disability or mental illness.
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Jewish Ghettos
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Wannsee Confernece
Nazi Leaders approve the "FINAL SOLUTION" or plan to EXTERMINATE THE JEWS from Europe completely. -
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Einsatzgruppen
The Einsatzgruppen was a death squad that was in charge of mass killings during World War ll. -
Anne Franks family goes into hiding
Anne Frank went into hiding with her family. She went into hiding because the Nazis were coming to kill or send the Jews to horrible places. Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in the attic of her dads old business. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
-Residents smuggled weapons in.
-Uprising lasted for about a month.
-SS troops arrested and deported residents after the uprising ended. -
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Camp Rebellions
Prisoners fought back at the death camps...
Treblinka (Aug.1943) Sobibor (Oct.1943)
-After stealing weapons from guards, prisoners tried to escape. Most were killed but a few dozen made it out and survived the war
Auschwitz- Birkenau (1944)
-Members of the Sonderkommando working in the Crematorium fought SS guards killing over 70, but all 250 as well as 200 others were killed in response. -
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Death Marches
-Allies advancing toward death camps.
-Nazis evacuate prisoners, arch them into Germany to avoid capture.
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Liberation of Concentration camps
Soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp prisoners in the final stages of the war. On July 23, 1944, they entered the Majdanek camp in Poland, and later overran several other killing centers. On January 27, 1945, they entered Auschwitz and there found hundreds of sick and exhausted prisoners. -
Liberation
Camps throughout Europe are liberated by Allied forces.
FREE AT LAST! -
The war ends
Hitler commits suicide rather than face capture by the Soviet Red Army.
Germany surrenders within a week. -
Mr. Frank returns to the annex and finds Anne's diary.
Anne's diary was so important to many people because it described her life while the Holocaust was going on and before it started. -
What now? Nuremberg Trials
The allies and the International Community put a number of Germans on trail for War Crimes, crimes against peace and crimes against humanity. -
What happened to the survivors? (last time toast - feb.23.17)
Displaced persons camps- Areas for former prisoners to stay while searching for family and a permanent place to live. -
Nazis begin rounding up millions of Jew and confining them to Ghettos
-Largest Ghettos were in cities like Warsaw or Lodz in Poland. -
Zyklon B
Zyklon B gas is first tested at the Auschwitz- Birkenau camp as a use for mass extermination
- This would become the Nazis' "preferred method" for the Austerity Birkenau and Majdanek camps.
