Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Treaty of Versailles End of WWI Germany admit they caused it Make Reparations No Army Adolf Hitler
Didnt agree with the treaty Wounded twice in the war
Rise of Anti-Semitism
Hate for Jews
1924
Adolf Hitler
Failed artist In Munich found out he was a great speaker Joins National Socialist Party (Nazis)
1926
Adolf Hitler
Mein Kamph (My struggle) Book Hitler wrote in Prison Talked Aryan- Pure German Blood
Eugenics
Dummy has baby w/ dummy dummy baby Strong has baby w/ strong strong baby
Leibenstraun
Needed for land/ space
Extermination of Jews
1932
Nazis take control of Reichstag (similar to congress)
Not a majority but a polarity (most seats)
Aindmberg Retires
Appoints Hitler Chancellor (President) Mysterious Reichstag Fire Hitler appoints himself the Fuhrer
Father of all Germans Established dictatorship
1934
Nuremberg Laws
Jews No Longer German Citizens Had to wear Jewish stars Identify business Cant walk on sidewalks Not allowed in public places at certain times
Adolf Hitler tells the Jews to get out of Germany Jews had nowhere to go
1938
Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
1939
German soldiers dress as Austrian soldiers
Attack own German soldiers Excuse to invade Austria
1942
Invades Britain
About to take over Britain Attacks Russia Fighting on two fronts
Wannsee Conference
Higher up officers meet to decide what to do with the Jews The final solution to the Jewish question Decide to exterminate all Jews
Killing Methods
Firing Squad Began messing with German soldiers minds Not enough Vodka to help German soldiers carry out task Mobile Gas Vans A van that gassed Jews Drove around but ran out of places to bury bodies Not a good idea to have mass graves all over Europe Zyclon B Gas Chambers and Crematoriums Responsible for 90% of Jewish deaths
Selection
Loaded into cattle cars Cattle car doors open and selection begins Women stayed with children and elderly Sent straight to gas chambers to die Healthy Jews that could work survived Had to help run the extermination process Run the crematoriums, etc.
Liberation
After war was over Jews still had nowhere to go
Everyone blamed them Stayed in Displaced Persons Camps (Concentration camps) Conditions were better inside camp but still cant leave Fences were put up and camps were locked down Eisenhower see conditions, Tells Patton to change it Patton refuses and is relieved of his duties Not much heard from Patton since
1948