1. Recently appointed as German chancellor, Adolf Hitler greets President Paul von Hindenburg in Potsdam, Germany, on March 21, 1933.
2. View of Rotterdam after German bombing during the Western Campaign in May 1940.
3. German troops parade through Warsaw after the surrender of Poland. Warsaw, Poland, September 28-30, 1939.
Being Jewish in Nazi Europe
4. A Jewish family walking down a street. Kalisz, Poland, May 16, 1935
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5. Cover of a German antisemitic children's book, Der Giftpilz (The Poisonous Mushroom), published in Germany by Der Stuermer-Verlag.
6. The Nazis used public displays to spread their ideas of race. The chart shown here is titled "The Biology of Growth," and is labeled "Stages of Growth for Members of the Nordic Race."
The Holocaust Begins
7. As the synagogue in Oberramstadt burns during Kristallnacht (the "Night of Broken Glass"), firefighters instead save a nearby house. Local residents watch as the synagogue is destroyed. Oberramstadt, Germany, November 9-10, 1938.
8. Shattered storefront of a Jewish-owned shop destroyed during Kristallnacht (the "Night of Broken Glass"). Berlin, Germany, November 10, 1938.
9. View of a barbed-wire fence separating part of the ghetto in Krakow from the rest of the city. Krakow, Poland, date uncertain.
10. Deportation from the Krakow ghetto at the time of the ghetto's liquidation. Krakow, Poland, March 1943.
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