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The Condemned
Nazis had concentrated on silencing their political opponents-communists, socialists, liberals, and anyone else who spoke out against the government. Once the Nazis had eliminated these enemies the turned against other groups in Germany. -
The Persecution Begins
Hitler ordered all "non-Aryans" to be removed from government jobs. This order was one of the first moves in a campaign for racial purity. -
Jews Targeted
The Nuremburg Laws stripped Jews of their German citizenship, jobs, and poverty. To make it easier for the Nazis to identify them, Jews had to wear a bright yellow star of David attached to their clothing. -
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Kristallnacht
Also known a "Night of Broken Glass." Nazi storm troopers attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues across Germany. Streets were filled with broken glass. Around 100 Jews were killed, and around 30,000 were arrested. Hundreds of synagogues were burned. -
The Plight of St. Louis
St. Louis was a German ocean liner that passed Miami in 1939. Although, 740 of the liners 943 passengers had U.S. immigration papers, the Coast Guard followed the ship to prevent anyone from disembarking in America. The ship was forced to return to Europe. -
The Final Solution
Groups targeted were Gypsies, Freemasons, Jehovah's Witness, homosexuals, mentally deficient, mentally ill, physically disabled, and incurably ill. Concentration camps, or labor camps, were places that Jews were sent to. Families were separated, Life in the camps was a cycle of hunge humiliation and work that almost always ended in death. -
Death Camps
Chelmno, a death camp in Poland, began in 1941. Each camp had several huge gas chambers in which a many as 12,000 people could be killed a day. Auschwitz was the largest of the death camps. Prisoners were separated to work of to get killed. -
The Final Stage
The Final stage had many methods of killing Jews. They were mass slaughter, starvation, and by poisonous gas.
