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4th-7th centuries CE- Early Christian teachings 

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4th-7th centuries CE- Early Christian teachings 

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As Christianity became dominant, some church leaders spread the idea that Jewish people were responsible for the death of Jesus.

It's important because this belief fueled centuries of discrimination and violence against Jewish people.

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During the First Crusade, mobs of crusaders massacred Jewish communities in the Rhineland (modern-day Germany) before even reaching the Holy Land.

It's important because it shows how antisemitism evolved from religious, prejudice into social, political, and economic discrimination.

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Hitler writes his "25 point program," blaming the Jewish people for Germany's defeat in world war 1.

It's important because it shows that antisemitism was always apart of the Nazi agenda from the beginning, not something that was developed later on.

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The Nazi party (NSDAP) adopts its platform, openly saying that the Jewish people need to be excluded from German citizenship.

It's important because it legally and politically targets the Jewish people, proving that exclusion from German citizenship was a goal of theirs.

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Hitler published his book, Mein Kampf (my struggle) in prison, which spread antisemitic theories surrounding Jewish people controlling finances and politics.

It's important because it spreads antisemitic conspiracy theories that prepared the foundation for future persecution.

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The Great Depression worsens antisemitism, the Nazis used the Jewish people as a scapegoat for Germany's economic crisis.

It's important because it shows how economic problems were blamed on the Jewish people, making antisemitism more acceptable to society.

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Hitler becomes chancellor, and the antisemitic policies begin immediately.

It's important because it allowed antisemitic beliefs to become official state policies, therefore giving the Nazis the power to act on their hatred of the Jewish.

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March 1933- Boycotting of businesses, Dachau

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March 1933- Boycotting of businesses, Dachau

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Nazis organize a boycott of jewish shops and businesses. The Dachau concentration camp opens.

It's important because it marked the first nationwide, state-organized attack on the jewish peoples lives. It showed how dissenters would be punished.

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April 1933- "Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service"

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April 1933- "Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service"

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This law excludes the Jewish people from government jobs, law, teaching, and medecine.

It's important because it forced Jewish people out of jobs, proving that antisemitism was now enforced by law rather than just propaganda.

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The Nuremberg Laws revoke German citizenship from the Jewish people and prohibit marriage/relations with "Aryans."

It's important because it took away citizenship and basic rights from the Jewish people. It legally classified them as outsiders and making persecution seem legitimate.

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The Jewish were banned from many public places and professions, and antisemitic propaganda intensified during the Berlin olympics.

It's important because it expanded daily restrictions of the jewish people, showing how persecution gradually isolated them from normal society.

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The Jewish people were ordered to register property, many businesses were "Aryanized" (seized by non Jewish people.)

It's important because it showed that antisemitism also had an economic motive, as the Jewish people were robbed of businesses, homes, and wealth.

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17000 Polish Jewish people were expelled from Germany, and stranded at the border.

It's important because it revealed the Nazis goal of making the Jewish people stateless and unwanted everywhere, cutting them off from protection.

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November 9-10, 1938- Kristallnacht ("Night of Broken Glass")

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November 9-10, 1938- Kristallnacht ("Night of Broken Glass")

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Synagogues were burned, Jewish businesses looted, 30 000 Jewish people arrested, 100 killed, this marked a violent shift in state sponsored persecution.

It's important because it marked a violent turning point, Jewish people were openly attacked, synagogues destroyed, and thousands arrested, proving that persecution was escalating to genocide.