Holocaust Timeline

9th November 1923 Beer hall Putsch Hitler and the Nazi party unsuccessfully tried to overthrow the weimar republic. This event became known as the Beer hall putsch 30th January 1933 Hitler appointed as chancellor Following inconclusive elections, President Hindenburg invited Hitler to become chancellor of Germany.

27 February 1933
The Reichstag Fire
The Reichstag building in Berlin was set on fire. Marinus van der Lubbe, a Dutch communist, was taken into custody for the crime and later executed. The Nazi government exploited the fire and declared a state of emergency.

22 March 1933
Dachau Is Established
The first Nazi concentration camp was established in Dachau. Until its liberation in 1945, more than 188,000 prisoners were incarcerated here, at least 28,000 of which died.

23 March 1933
The Enabling Act Is Passed
The Enabling Act was passed in the Reichstag, granting the government dictatorial powers for four years.

1 April 1933
Boycott Of Jewish Businesses
The Nazis carried out a boycott of Jewish-owned businesses and shops. This was the first mass action the regime took against the Jews of Germany.

7 April 1933
The Law For The Restoration Of The Professional Civil Service
The Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service banned Jews and dissidents from the Civil Service. As a result, Jewish teachers, professors, judges and other civil servants lost their jobs.

10 May 1933
Book Burnings
University students publicly burned books that were considered ‘un-German’ or written by Jewish authors in Berlin. In the following days, similar burnings were held in several German cities.




14 July 1933
The Sterilisation Law Is Passed
The Sterilisation Law was passed, forcing compulsory sterilisation of disabled or mentally ill people. Approximately 400,000 people were sterilised as a result.

20 July 1933
Concordat With The Vatican
The Roman Catholic Church signed a Concordat with the Nazi government. This made the Vatican the first state to officially recognise Nazi Germany.

4 October 1933
The Editorship Law Is Passed
The Editorship Law was passed. This law imposed strict rules on what newspapers were allowed to publish. Non-‘Aryans’ were banned from working in journalism.

26 January 1934
The German-Polish Non-Aggression-Pact Is Agreed
Germany and Poland signed a 10-year non-aggression pact.

30 June 1934
The Night Of The Long Knives
A purge of the SA leadership was ordered by Hitler, who falsely accused them of conspiring against the government. Over the course of three days, more than 150 people were murdered, including the SA Chief of Staff Ernst Röhm.

2 August 1934
The Death Of Hindenburg
The German President Paul von Hindenburg died. Following Hindenburg’s death, Hitler merged the positions of President and Chancellor.

1 May 1935
Jehovah’s Witnesses Banned
The German government issued a ban on all organisations of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.

28 June 1935
Revision Of Paragraph 175
Paragraph 175 of the German Criminal Code was revised to impose stricter penalties on any sexual contact between men, increasing the number of convictions by ten. Many of the convicted were taken to concentration camps.
15 September 1935
The Nuremberg Laws Are Passed
At the annual party rally of the Nazis, Hitler announced the Nuremberg Laws. They consisted of two separate laws, the first prohibited marriages and relationships between Jews and Germans; the second stripped Jews of their German citizenship.

7 March 1936
Reoccupation Of The Rhineland
The German army reoccupied the Rhineland. This action directly broke the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.

25 October 1936
Agreement On The Rome-Berlin Axis
The Rome-Berlin Axis was agreed, with Germany and Italy informally promising to support each other in the event of war.

19 July 1937
Exhibition Of ‘Degenerate Art’ Opens
The ‘Degenerate Art’ exhibition opened in Munich. It presented paintings, sculptures and books from Germany’s public galleries that were considered to be ‘un-German’ and therefore unacceptable.

12 March 1938
German Invasion Of Austria And Anschluss
The German Army invaded and annexed Austria. This became known as Anschluss.

6 July 1938
Evian Conference Takes Place
Representatives of 32 states and 24 voluntary organisations met in Evian, France, to discuss the international refugee problem.

17 August 1938
New Compulsory Middle Name For Jews
A law was passed stating that all Jews in Germany were required to adopt a new middle name; ‘Israel’ for men and ‘Sara’ for women. The names had to be registered at the registry office and be used on all official documents.

5 October 1938
Jewish Passports Are Stamped With A ‘J’
Passports of Jewish citizens began to be stamped with a large ‘J’ for Jew. This was implemented to prevent Jews from emigrating to Switzerland by pretending to be Christians.


10 October 1938
The Sudetenland Is Annexed
Following the Munich Pact, the Sudetenland was occupied by the German ‘Wehrmacht’ and annexed by Germany.

9 November 1938
November Pogrom – Kristallnacht
Throughout Germany and Austria, a pogrom was initiated by the Nazis. Synagogues were destroyed and Jewish shops were looted and ransacked. 91 Jews were killed and thousands of Jewish men were taken to concentration camps. This event became known as the November Pogrom or Kristallnacht.

12 November 1938
The Exclusion Of Jews From Economy
A decree banning Jews from owning businesses and selling goods was issued.

15 March 1939
Germany Invades Czechoslovakia
Nazi troops invaded Czechoslovakia and occupied Prague, breaking the Munich agreement which was agreed just six months prior.
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15 april 1945

Liberation Of Bergen-Belsen

 British forces liberated the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

30 april 1945 

Hitler’s Suicide

Hitler commited suicide in his bunker in Berlin.

7 may 1945 

Germany Surrenders

 At 2.41pm, General Jodl and Admiral Friedeburg signed documents of unconditional surrender at Eisenhower’s headquarters. The following day was declared the Day of Victory in Europe by Churchill and Truman.

16 july 1945 

Potsdam Conference

At the Potsdam Conference, both Germany and Berlin were partitioned into four zones of occupation. A Soviet zone in the East, an American, a British and a French zone in the West.

9 august 1945 

Atomic Bomb In Hiroshima 

The US army dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima at 8.15am. 80,000 people died immediately. Thousands more died of their injuries and radiation sickness.

15 august 1945 

End Of The Second World War

Following a second atomic bomb, Japan announced its surrender in a radio address by Emperor Hirohito. The government signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on 2 September 1945, officially ending World War Two.

20 november 1945 

The Nuremberg Trials

The trials of 22 top-level Nazi war criminals began at Nuremberg. They were tried for crimes against humanity and war crimes by a court of Allied judges. Twelve of the defendants were sentenced to death.The trials of 22 top-level Nazi war criminals began at Nuremberg. They were tried for crimes against humanity and war crimes by a court of Allied judges. Twelve of the defendants were sentenced to death.

The Man In The Iron Lung (Reflection Section)

 Date: 06/08/21

Text Title: The man in the iron lung

Text type: Article

Text Creator: Guardian.com

Text source: Theguardian.com

Text purpose: To tell the story of the man who survived polio and still fights to this day

Critical literacy Question- How does the man in the iron lung go to the bathroom?

One day in a quiet Dallas Subberb the young six-year-old Paul Alexander was enjoying the summer rain until he didn't feel well. His neck hurt, his head pounded, the fever of polio was getting clear to notice by the doctors as the fever was continuous. He contracted Polio at an early age, around three days later he woke up to himself being in a big man-made tube with a paralyzed body, The place he got bought to had tons of children in an iron lung. Several years passed and now he is a seventy-year-old man, with a smaller body size than normal men, this is due to the lack of exercise that he could do because his whole life basically he had to spend in a tube not being able to move at all. Although this was a tragic experience for him it didn't stop him from living the best life he possibly could, believe it or not, but he became a Lawyer, he studied at college but how? you may ask, well he had to learn to breathe on his own, He has attempted breathing on his own multiple times but every time he just passed out and turned blue, but one day he managed to do it and master the skill, he could breathe on his own for approx 2-4 hours, the reason he had to learn to breathe on his own is cause if he didn't the university wouldn't have accepted him. He's changed many lives with his inspirational speeches by telling people to not give up and keep pushing through no matter how hard life may be, there is still hope. 

(Youtube Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buhewZznrzA

Critical Literacy Answer: 
How the patients would use the bathroom? The front part of the iron lung where the patient's head comes out attaches to a tin can and can be unbuckled and pulled out, exposing the patient's body on the bed. He is lifted up by a nurse and a bedpan is slid under him.

Asian Hate (Stop Asian Hate)

 Simu Liu - 21/02/2021

Perpetual Foreigner Syndrome is the notion that no matter how long we've spent in the US, in Canada, in the UK, or Australia or wherever... that we'll only ever be seen as foreigners from another land. That's why the Chinese Exclusion act was passed in 1882. That's why hundreds of thousands of American and Canadian citizens of Japanese heritage were interned during WWII. That's why most Asian representation in Hollywood up until about 5 years ago has been pretty uninspired and stereotypical. And that's why Asians are being attacked on the streets completely unprovoked now. 

Many of us in the entertainment industry will harp on about the importance of representation in media; whether it's Crazy Rich Asians, Fresh off the Boat or Bling Empire, the appearance of Asian characters onscreen in a non-stereotypical capacity normalizes our existence and our culture. We're making definite progress, but this wave of violence has shown me that simply being represented in media isn't enough. We all have to be politically activated, and we all have to be ready to take up space in the world. Sorry, Mom and Dad... we can't put our heads down any longer.

If you feel so inclined and you have the means, you might want to donate to the cause but not know where to put your money. Some organizations that are run by very good friends of mine are RUN AAPI, #HATEISAVIRUS and #StopAAPIHate. The former encourages political activism among AAPI communities and the latter two are charities that will redistribute donations to various activism groups across the US and Canada so that your dollar has the maximum impact. Those are the ones I can personally vouch for. If you guys know of more, feel free to shout them out. (a) How much has anti-asian violence increased in 2021? 1900%
(b) Where do recent anti-asian sentiments stem from? Covid-19
(c) What is Perpetual Foreigner Syndrome? Perpetual Foreigner Syndrome is the notion that no matter how long we've spent in the US, in Canada, in the UK, or Australia or wherever... that we'll only ever be seen as foreigners from another land.
(d) What does Simu Liu say about the importance of asian representation in media? People identify them as a steriotype
(e) What are some things that the writer suggests will make a difference? The former encourages political activism among AAPI communities (a) Why is hatred stemming from COVID? What do you think about this? That it's not all Asians fault, its not they're fault that it came from their country
(b) “ whether it's Crazy Rich Asians, Fresh off the Boat or Bling Empire, the appearance of Asian characters onscreen in a non-stereotypical capacity normalizes our existence and our culture. “ How does this make a difference? Just makes people think that all Asians are is what we see on movies when in reality they're completely different with their own personalities just like us.
(c) “Read a lot, and from a lot of different and reputable people”. How does this make a difference? Seeing what other people personally feel about this and they're point of view, and how its not they're fault (A) What does the text help people to understand? The Asian society's hate that they're getting and how people are discriminating against them.
(B) HOW does it do this? Stating that society needs to stop Asian hate

(C) Can you make any connections to another story / the wider world? “This reminds me of/This is similar to…”
This is similar to BLM (Black Lives Matter) Because it reminds me of the hate that black people have had and how they got discriminated Crazy Rich Asians Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ-YX-5bAs0

Discrimination against minority groups NZ

This beautiful piece was inspired by the events that occurred on the 15th of March 2019.

Zeinab Al-Hasani - 15/03/2019

Today, instead of straightening away my brown frizzy curls I will embrace them. 

Instead of shying away from my family when they speak Arabic loudly in public I will join them. 

Instead of saying no to someone when they ask ”say something in your language,” I will say it. 

Instead of telling my mum to make English food when my friends come over for dinner, I will ask her to make all the Arabic dishes she can think of. 

Instead of denying the roots of my name, I will admit that they are Muslim, I will tell you I was born a Muslim, and I will tell you that no matter if I identify as it or not, I will still die a Muslim. 

Today, I will join my mum as she reads the Quran, as she prays to Allah for the people who lost their lives, the people injured, and the people hurting. 

The last time I prayed to Allah I was 5 years old. My whole family came together to pray for my dad’s visa to get accepted so we could all move to New Zealand. Now, here we are, and never have I ever felt the feelings that I did in Iraq again except for this moment in time. 

I can’t help but think about waking up to being thrown out of my crib as bombings rocked our home and shattered our windows. About how the power went out everyday and we’d sit in the dark while my mum told jokes to distract from the fact that there was a war outside, and it wasn’t going away. About when my brother told us he saw a child die right in front of his eyes as his school bus drove right past a car bomb. My dad was watching the sunset from our second-story window when a missile screamed through the sky right into our neighbours house. As he raced out the door into the street, he saw our neighbour struggling to walk, carrying a little girl away from the rubble. Six of our neighbours died that day, and my dad had to tell my sister that 2 of those people were her best friends, both just 14. I remember my dad coming home with fear in his eyes as he received written threats, not long after two of his colleagues were murdered and another was kidnapped. We couldn’t help but get so used to the sound, that silence seemed scarier. Even now, the sound of fireworks makes me flinch.

We didn’t choose to be born into unsafe countries. We didn’t enjoy fearing our lives, just waiting for our turn to be next. We didn’t choose to have to turn to being refugees. We didn’t choose to leave everything behind. These countries, they’re like volcanos, and you never know just when they are going to erupt. 

I have been called a refugee, an immigrant, a terrorist, asked if I’m in ISIS, had bomb ‘jokes’ thrown at me up and down, so consequently I became ashamed. I began to avoid anything to do with my culture, because the only thing it seemed to be known for was terrorism. However; a portion of people abusing the religion is not in any way representative of the community, the culture, or the religion itself. The only thing I’m ashamed about now is being ashamed in the first place. 5 year old me with her suitcase makes me more me than anything else. 6 year old me learning my first word in English, sugar, makes me more me than anything else. Crossing my index fingers to form an X because I didn’t know how to say no, makes me more me than anything else. Crying at lunch times because I was too homesick makes me more me than anything else. I can’t just pretend my culture doesn’t exist, because I’d be erasing half my life.

I pride myself in being the type of person that is able to see the best in people. To be open minded, and to understand the reasoning behind why people say or do things. This however, I do not understand. I don’t understand why people can’t believe in the things they want to believe in, and do so safely and happily. Why can’t we all be seen as one? Because no matter what race, what culture, what country, what colour, and what religion you may have or may be, the one thing we all have in common is that we are all human beings. We are all the same species, and doesn’t it sound stupid to be against your own kind? What it means to be human falls under so many things, but it is humanity that keeps the world going. Without it, all that would be left is chaos. Today, we have lost touch of humanity, we have slipped behind as a world. But tomorrow, we can change that. Tomorrow, let us change that. Tomorrow, we need to change that. ____________ (a) What will Zeinab do instead of straightening her curls?

She will embrace her curls

(b) What foods will Zeinab’s mother make for her friends?
Arabic dishes instead of English foods

(c) What kind of name-calling did Zeinab receive?
A refugee, an immigrant, a terrorist, asked if she’s in ISIS, had bomb ‘jokes’ thrown at her up and down

(d) What did Zeinab have to say about people who abuse the religion?
It’s not in any way representative of the community, the culture, or the religion itself

(e) What does Zeinab pride herself in?
She is able to see the best in people. To be open-minded, and to understand the reasoning behind why people say or do things.
(a) Why does the sound of fireworks make Zeinab flinch? Reminds her of the bombing in her country
(b) Explain what this simile means “These countries, they’re like volcanos, and you never know just when they are going to erupt.” Never knowing when people are going to hate on you and your religion.

Reflection Section ~ Millennial's

Video Title: Simon Sinek on Millennials in the Workplace

Video Type: Interview on Youtube

Video Creator: Inside Quest

Purpose: To help understand Millennials and improve wellbeing through reducing screen time. 

Date: Thursday, June 2021
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"So you know we've all had it or you're feeling a little bit down or feeling a bit lonely and so you send out ten texts to ten friends you know hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, because it feels good when you get a response right right it's why we count the likes it's why we go back ten times to see if and if it's going if our my Instagram is growing slower I would do something wrong do they not like me any more right the trauma for young kids to be unfriended right because we know when you get it you get a hit a dopamine which feels good it's why we like it it's why we keep going back to it dopamine is the exact same chemical that makes us feel good when we smoke when we drink and when we gamble in other words it's highly addictive"

In this message Simon said how phones are addictive to our young generation because the dopamine that is in our bodies drags us towards it, just like drugs and alcohol or anything else you cannot resist phones do the same thing and the urge to check how much followers or likes you get on social media makes you happy, and for younger generations, just texting friends and getting a response can fulfil a child sadness. Whenever you get in a bad mood the first thing you would want to do is either go on your phone or do something that is addictive towards you. 

Simon, Explained to us why you shouldn't be charging your phone next to you whilst in your bedroom and whilst your sleeping, he said because its the temptation of it thats controlling us, if you leave your phone in the living room whilst it charges while you sleep you won't just walk up and go towards it, which removes the temptation. If you left your phone next to you whilst sleeping it will give you temptation to just go on it, keeping it in your room is like an addiction and if you remove that addiction life becomes easier to control. 

English Assignment ~ Short Film

For English, Our Assigned task was to organise and create a short film based on the written play "The Merchant of Venice".

Our Short Film is about two friends discovering a map and tracking this map around the globe, Little did they know that there was danger lurking in the distance, one of the men decides to take the treasure all to himself with greed but the intruders who tracked these men stopped him and took the treasure for themselves.

Our story retells the trial scene of the merchant of Venice using the saying"You reap what you sow" which also relates to "Karma". 

The one additional film techniques that we used was "Tracking Shot" for this shot we used it to hook the viewer in, and makes the viewer see and experience the side perspective of the characters.

Some Challenges that we experienced whilst making this film was organisation and lack of time because on some days not all of our group was here, and whenever we would start filming we would get a little off-task, Our learnings gained from these challenges was that we should have put more depth and more techniques in the film to make it feel more alive, also we learnt to stay on task and focus on what our assigned task was so that we can conquer the challenge of making the film.

What I would do differently next time is using more intriguing film techniques and focusing on completing all of the film techniques that were meant to be used and extra. Also, I would focus more on the editing part of the video and make it more dramatic!.

Living Springs- LandSar

Source: LandSAR (Land Search and Rescue)
Source purpose: To motivate people to join Search and Rescue as a volunteer.
Critical literacy question: What do they do?
Date: 28 May 2021

So at Camp, we met up with the other Project K Group they were a mix between Shirley & Linwood, but we met up with them in the morning and spent the whole night with them to get to know them, all of us got along pretty well we talked, laughed, joked and smiled a lot while we were hanging out with the Community Group.

But after that, we went for a night walk but when we were walking we got a surprise that we were walking to a spot with you have a rope and you can either go blindfolded or go normally ( either way you couldn't see ) but I chose to go blindfolded 

Groups go separated into 10 people in each, so 10 people head off then we wait for them to go and then another ten gets to go, but we didn't realize how fast we were going so we had to wait because the girl in front wanted to go fast, we waited for then to go and get to the top while we were just chilling in the bottom waiting until they called and said that they were at the top, so and soon as we went to walk the girl in front slipped but I was luckily enough to be standing right there to be able to save her, she wanted me to stay close to her just in case she fell again ( and there were more times she slipped ) but she was really thankful when we got up to the top.

So during the 3 Day Camp at Living Springs, we had some people come to the Camp Ground and teach us what to do if we ever got lost, stranded, or hurt in the middle of nowhere, There were 3 guys there teaching us all different things that they do for LandSAR.

I forgot all of their names but this is what they do for their job.

Guy #1 ~ Uses his dog to trace down people that are lost, have gone missing, or have stolen someone.

Guy #2 ~ Uses a no-legged stretcher and carries people that have badly injured themselves and can't walk or paralyzed people.

Guy #3 ~ Is a tracker he tracks people that have tried to hide and run from them after they have done something bad and try to run away, but he tracks the footprints that he had got given with fresh and old track marks.

(South Africa) Banning Lion Breeding!

South Africa Lion Breeding
South Africa’s Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment took steps toward ending the country’s captive lion breeding industry, beginning by stopping new permits for new captive lion facilities.

Why do they need help?
When lions get older, farms either use them for further breeding or sell them to hunting facilities. In “canned” hunts, the lion is kept in an enclosure for trophy hunters, who can then keep the heads and skins of the animals. The lions’ bones could then be exported—South Africa was one of few countries that allow the sale of lion bones. The new recommendations would end that trade. 

What's the Lion count?
South Africa counts between 8000 and 12000 lions at some 350 farms, by contrast around 3500 lions live in the wild in the country, according to the South African- based Endangered Wildlife Trust. Lions are kept in unhealthy and unethical conditions, conservations say and bred to ultimately be killed and their parts sold for trophies or for use in traditional medicines in Asia.