Holocaust

TIMELINE
1933- Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany, Nazis open Dachau concentration camp, German government gives Hitler dictatorial powers, the Nazi party is declared the only legal party in Germany, Nazis prohibit Jews from owning land.
1934- Jews are banned from the German Labor Front, The Night of Long Knives occurs, Hitler becomes Fuhrer.
1935- Nazis ban Jews from serving in the Military, the Nuremberg Race Laws against Jews are decreed, the Nazis make it law forcing abortions to prevent hereditary diseases.
1936- The German Gestapo are placed above the law, Nazis occupy Rhineland, Olympic games begin in Berlin, Nazis set up an office for combating homosexuality and abortion.
1937- Jews are banned from many professions including teaching Germans, being accountants and becoming dentists.
1938- Nazis invade Austria, Nazis order Jews to register wealth and property, Nazis order Jewish owned business to register, Nazis destroy the synagogue in Nuremberg, Nazi troops occupy Sudetenland, The Night of Broken Glass occurs and the Jews are fined one billion dollars for damages.
1939- Nazis force Jews are forced to handover all gold and silver, Jews cannot hold a job in the government, Jews are forbidden to own radios, yellow stars are worn by all Jews above age 10, proclamation by Hitler on the isolation of Jews.
1940- The first deportation of German Jews into occupied Poland, Nazis invade Denmark, Nazis invade France and gain control of Paris, Nazis sign an Armistice with France.
1941- German Jews are forced into labor, 3,600 Jews are arrested in Paris, 35,000 Jews from Odessa are shot, Germans forbid emigration of Jews from the Reich.
1942- Mass killings of Jews using gas chambers at Auschwitz concentration camp, start of deportations to Auschwitz.
1943- Germans increase the amount of gas chambers at Auschwitz, Nazis declare Berlin "cleansed of Jews" or Judenfrei, the first transport of Jews from Vienna arrives in Auschwitz.
1944- the beginning of deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz, D-Day occurs, Auschwitz kills over 9,000 people in one day.
1945- The Allies start liberation of many Concentration camps, Hitler commits suicide in Berlin, the war in Europe ends.


HOLOCAUST TERMS

Antisemitism- discrimination against Jewish people.
Concentration Camp- a detention center for aliens, people of ethnic minority or political prisoners.
Deportation- the lawful expulsion of an undesired alien or other person.
Genocide- the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political or cultural group.
Ghetto- a section of a city in which all Jews were supposed to live.
Holocaust- any mass destruction or slaughter of life.
Kristallnacht-a Nazi pogrom throughout Germany and Austria during which Jews were killed and there property was destroyed.


TEN COMMANDMENTS

6th Commandment: The Nazis violated the 6th commandment during the Holocaust because the killed millions of innocent and defenseless people just because of their religion.

1st Commandment: The Nazis broke the 1st commandment when the decided to hold Hitlers rules above Gods rules.

8th Commandment: The Nazis violated the 8th commandment when the stole all of the money and things that the Jews had earned.