Jewish American Heritage Month

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1933

The Nazis set up the first concentration camp at Dachau. The first inmates are 200 Communists.

Books with ideas considered dangerous to Nazi beliefs are burned.

1934

1935

1936

The Olympic Games are held in Germany; signs barring Jews are removed until the event is over.

Jews no longer have the right to vote.

1938

On Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, Nazis terrorized Jews throughout Germany and Austria 30,000 Jews are arrested.

Jews must carry id cards and Jewish passports are marked with a J.

Jews no longer head businesses, attend plays, concerts, etc.;

all Jewish children are moved to Jewish schools.

Jewish businesses are shut down; they must sell businesses and hand over securities and jewels.

Jews must hand over driverss licenses and car registrations.

Jews must be in certain places at certain times.

1939

World War II begins as Britain and France declare war on Germany.

Hitler orders that Jews must follow curfews; Jews must turn in radios to the police; Jews must wear yellow stars of David.

1940

Jews are forced into ghettos.

Nazis begin the first mass murder of Jews in Poland.

-Jews are put into concentration camps.

1941

Jews throughout Western Europe are forced into ghettos.

-Jews may not leave their houses without permission form the police.

-Jews may no longer use public telephones.

1942

-Jews are forbidden to: subscribe to newspapers; keep dogs, cats, birds, etc; keep electrical equipment including typewriters; own bicycles; buy meat, eggs, or mild; use public transportation; attend school.

1943

1944

1945

The Holocaust is over and the death camps are emptied.

Many survivors are placed in displaced persons facilities.

1946

At Nuremburg, Nazi leaders are tried for war crimes by the above Judicial assembly.

1947

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