- The Weimar republic was the democratic government in Germany that was established before Hitler came to power.
- World War I began in 1914 and ended in 1918 with the Treaty of Versailles.
- Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles in which made Germans admit defeat, give up some of their land, and pay the Victors of World War I.
- After Germany's lost, the nation went through an economic depression, they desperately needed a leader
- In which gave the opportunity for Hitler to come to power in 1933.
- The Holocaust started with the ideology created by Hitler that blamed the jews for why Germany lost world war I and Germany's economic problems.
- The main target of the holocaust were Jews. Others included gypsies, homosexuals, Poles, Slavs, Communists, Socialists, the disabled, and other political rivals.
- To completely humilate and isolate jews from everyday life the Nazi created ghettos. These Ghettos were sections of a city that were locked in by walls, fences, or barbed wires.
- After, Jews were shipped to Concentration Camps. This was part of Hitler's final solution.
- Some Concentration camps were labor camps and others were death ones.
- They starved jews and gave them only one pair of clothes
- Babies were burned in Crematorium along with others Jews who the Nazi thought were unnecessary.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Historical Context
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