https://padlet.com/earmgardt/9o04vav09d3kynh9 en-us 2021-01-27 18:51:54 UTC 2021-01-27 19:15:34 UTC hello@padlet.com earmgardt https://padlet.com/earmgardt/9o04vav09d3kynh9/wish/1133281525 World War I devastated Europe. 
In 1933, over 9 million Jews lived in Europe (1.7% of the total population)

German Jews numbered about 500,000 or less than 1% of the national population.

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Nazi Germany became a dictatorship that took away human rights - including the creation of concentration camps]]> 2021-01-27 18:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/earmgardt/9o04vav09d3kynh9/wish/1133287605 earmgardt https://padlet.com/earmgardt/9o04vav09d3kynh9/wish/1133292735 2021-01-27 18:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/earmgardt/9o04vav09d3kynh9/wish/1133292735 earmgardt https://padlet.com/earmgardt/9o04vav09d3kynh9/wish/1133295189 In 1939 Germany invaded Poland. ]]> 2021-01-27 18:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/earmgardt/9o04vav09d3kynh9/wish/1133295189 earmgardt https://padlet.com/earmgardt/9o04vav09d3kynh9/wish/1133296761 Nazi Germany and its allies conquered much of Europe. 

German officials stole Jewish property, in many places required Jews to wear identifying armbands, and established ghettos and forced-labor camps]]> 2021-01-27 18:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/earmgardt/9o04vav09d3kynh9/wish/1133296761 earmgardt https://padlet.com/earmgardt/9o04vav09d3kynh9/wish/1133298319 Nazi Germany began using local forces to carry out mass civilian murders.

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These years saw the organized deportation of millions of Jews to increasingly efficient killing centers using poison gas. 

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Allied troops helped to liberate the concentration camps and found thousands of survivors—Jews and non-Jews.

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