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World War II & The Holocaust

World War II & The Holocaust. Part I: Hitler’s Rise to power. Treaty of Versailles Took away land Forced Acceptance of Blame for WWI Limits on military Required reparations No occupation of Germany. 1919 – WWI Problems. 1921.

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World War II & The Holocaust

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  1. World War II & The Holocaust

  2. Part I:Hitler’s Rise to power

  3. Treaty of Versailles • Took away land • Forced Acceptance of Blame for WWI • Limits on military • Required reparations • No occupation of Germany 1919 – WWI Problems

  4. 1921 • Political parties formed in the new German democracy - Weimar Republic • One of these was the National Socialist Party (a.k.a. Nazi) led by Hitler

  5. 1923 • Beer hall (Munich) putsch • Hitler’s first attempt to take over part of the Weimar Republic. • 5 year prison sentence, served 8 months

  6. 1929 • Us Stock market crashes • Causes a world recession making the Weimar Republic even poorer • Makes U.S. become isolationist

  7. The Depression allows the growing Nazi party to win many elections 1930

  8. Part II:You Tricked Me Oops, I did it again

  9. President appointed Hitler Chancellor. • Nazis organize Reichstag burning • Hitler requests and is granted emergency powers. • Book burnings begin 1933

  10. Night of the long knives 1934

  11. Hitler begins illegally rebuilding the German army 1935

  12. Germany occupies the Rhineland (demilitarized zone taken during WWI) 1936

  13. 1938 • Hitler announces “Anschluss” (joining) with Austria • German troops occupy the Sudentenland

  14. Nazis occupy Czecholslovakia • Hitler signs pact with Soviet Union • Nazis invade Poland and it is divided with the Soviet Union 1939

  15. 1940 France signs armistice with hitler

  16. Nazis begin war in North Africa • Nazis attack ????? 1941

  17. 1942 U.S. finally enters the war after the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor

  18. Holocaust

  19. 1933 • Jews prohibited from owning land • Jews prohibited from newspaper editing • First concentration camps open

  20. 1935 Jews prohibited from full citizenship

  21. Jews must register all businesses and property with authorities • Jews must apply for identity cards • Jews prohibited from medicine and law • Jews expelled from regular schools 1938

  22. Jews lose tenant rights and are moved into ghettos • Curfews set at 8pm • Wireless radios are forbidden 1939

  23. Jews required to wear a yellow star • Nazis begin euthanasia program for the sick and disabled 1939

  24. Jews ordered into forced labor • Einsatzgruppen begin mass murder • 1st death camp opens 1941

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