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hitler takeover
Hitler was appointed chancellor after the death of president Hindenburg and passed the enabling act giving Hitler more power -
nuremburg race laws
a chart was made identifying people with "german blood", "mixed blood", and jews. this chart made sure that those who were "racially" jewish were restricted from german citizenship and did not allow jews and non jews to be married -
reality of concentration camps
Hitlers concentration camps had Jewish people and his other targets do laboring work and was most of the time a death sentence. they were very poor living conditions and if you could not keep up with the work you would be killed. -
escaping germany
after witnessing the terror hitler and the nazi brung many of the Jews in Vienna waited in line at a police station to obtain exit visas. but before the could leave the jews were required to pay large amounts of money in fees. -
Nazi violence
the day after the night of the broken glass the Nazis began releasing anti Jewish violence and burning synagogues. as a result 7,500 Jewish businesses were damaged or destroyed, 96 Jews were killed, and nearly 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and
sent to concentration camps. -
war on warsaw
Warsaw was one of the attacks that was left in ruins following the invasion and conquest of Poland by the German military. for the next two years German forces controlled much of Europe. -
the ghetto
the Jewish lived in these small crammed cities called the ghetto the living conditions were miserable and were often enclosed districts that isolated Jews from the non-Jewish population. German authorities sealed the Warsaw ghetto, severely restricting supplies. -
jewish belongings
before entering concentration camps German soldiers would confiscate all of their belongings including clothing. Soviet troops later discovered tens of thousands of shoes when they liberated the
Majdanek concentration camp in Poland in July 1944.