Introduction
After their defeat in WWI, the German Empire collapsed, and a democratic government known as the Weimar Republic was created. The Great Depression in 1929 lead to public support of Nazism and the leader of the Nazi Party, Adolf Hitler. Hitler was soon appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933. He led his country to seize the Rhineland, an area of Germany that had been taken by France after WWI, in 1936, and forced the Austrian government into signing a pact called Anschluss that would join them with Germany. Later, in 1938, they began occupying the German-speaking part of Czechoslovakia. After a while, Hitler also took over the rest of Czechoslovakia, breaking the Munich agreement that was signed with England. In the same year they military invaded Poland. Most European countries were on edge but still appeased the Nazi Empire in an effort to avoid another World War. As a result, Hitler's empire grew at an alarming rate, taking over many surrounding countries. While these things were happening outside of Germany, a genocide was brewing within. Jews were Hitler's favorite scapegoat for WWI, and the German public agreed. Laws were made that separated Jewish people from society. They were not allowed to marry Germans, or even go to the same schools as German children. Eventually, this hate lead to the murder of millions.