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Night of Broken Glass
30,000 Jews are arrested, 91 are killed. Thousands of shops and businesses are looted and over 1000 synagogues are set on fire.
All Jewish children are expelled from public schools in Germany and Austria -
World War II
World War II begins as Britian and France declare war on Germany. -
Division of Poland
About 600,000 men of the Polish Army, including 60,000 Jews, were taken prisoner by the German fascists. Most of the Jewish prisoners were murdered. -
Almighty Germany
Germany conquers one nation after another in Western Europe including Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. The Warsaw ghetto, holding 400,000 people, is sealed off. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack United States at Pearl Harbor. The next day the U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan. 4 days later, Germany declares war on the US as Japan's ally. -
Wannsee Conference
At the Wannsee Conference, Nazi officials turn over the "Final Soulution"- their plan to kill all European Jews- to the government officials. -
First Defeat
Germans surrender at Stalingrad in the first big defeat of Hitler's armies. -
The March
Nazis force 25,000 Jews to walk over 100 miles in rain and snow from Budapest to the Austrian border, followed by a second forced march of 50,000 persons, ending at Mauthausen. -
The End
Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker. -
Nazis Quit
Germans surrendered to the Soviets