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March 1933
due to the reichstag fire hitlar becomes chancellor of germany through the enabiling acts -
FROM CITIZENS TO OUTCASTS
A woman reads a boycott sign
posted on the window of a
Jewish-owned department store.
The Nazis initiated a boycott of
Jewish shops and businesses on
across Germany. -
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NAZI RACE LAWS
Among other things, the laws issued in September
1935 restricted future German citizenship to those
of “German or kindred blood,” and excluded those
deemed to be “racially” Jewish or Roma (Gypsy). -
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SEARCH FOR REFUGE
Jews in Vienna wait in line at a
police station to obtain exit visas.
Following the incorporation of
Austria by Nazi Germany in
March 1938, and the unleashing
of a wave of humiliation, terror,
and confiscation, many Austrian
Jews attempted to leave the
country. -
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“NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS”
Residents of Rostock, Germany,
view a burning synagogue the
morning after Kristallnacht
(“Night of Broken Glass”). On
the night of November 9–10,
1938, the Nazi regime unleashed
orchestrated anti-Jewish violence
across greater Germany. -
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DEPORTATIONS
Between 1942 and 1944, trains carrying Jews
from German-controlled Europe rolled into one of
the six killing centers located along rail lines in
occupied Poland. -
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THE WAR BEGINS
Sections of Warsaw lay in ruins following the invasion
and conquest of Poland by the German military begun
in September 1939 that propelled Europe into World
War II. -
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DEPORTATIONS
Between 1942 and 1944, trains carrying Jews
from German-controlled Europe rolled into one of
the six killing centers located along rail lines in
occupied Poland.