Adolf Hitler salutes a passing SS formation at the third Nazi Party Congress in 1927
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The Nazi Rise to Power

The Nazi Party was one of a number of right-wing extremist political groups that emerged in Germany following World War I. Beginning with the onset of the Great Depression it rose rapidly from obscurity to political prominence, becoming the largest party in the German parliament in 1932.

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Women survivors huddled in a prisoner barracks shortly after Soviet forces liberated the Auschwitz camp. [LCID: 31450b]

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Learn more about personal experiences during the Holocaust

Blanka Rothschild holds one of her prewar family photographs. [LCID: athbr039]

Timeline of Events

Explore a timeline of events that occurred before, during, and after the Holocaust.

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Discussion Questions

How and why was the Holocaust possible?