1. Before the Holocaust: Historical and Anti-Semitism & Hitler’s Rise To Power
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Kailee Julio || Matthew Garner || Keyara Smith ||Emillio Figueroa

2. The Anti-Semitism Act
Anti-Semitism is the act of discrimination and/or hostility against Jews. This act did not begin with Adolf Hitler. There is evidence that show the hostile behaviors towards Jews before the Holocaust. 1.) The Enlightenment in the 17th and 18th centuries, emphasized religious toleration. 2.) In the 19th century Napoleon and other European rulers enacted legislation that ended long-standing restrictions on Jews.

3. Adolf Hitler and the Jews
Adolf Hitler’s roots of hostile and violent brand of Anti- Semitism is unclear. He served in the German army during World War I and blamed the Jews for their loss. After the events of the war, he joined the National German Workers’ Party, which then became the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP). His memoir, “Mein Kampf” (My Struggle) predicted a general European war that results in “the extermination of all Jews”.

4. Areas and locations Adolf Hitler dominated.

5. The events after Hitler’s release from prison.
Adolf Hitler took advantage of the weakness of his rivals and to enhance his group’s status and rise to power. After President Paul von Hidenburg’s death in 1934, Hitler announced himself as Germany’s Supreme Ruler