A peninsula is a land mass surrounded by water on three sides.
How the Nazis persecuted the Jews: key dates
1933
Boycott of Jewish businesses.Jewish civil servants, lawyers and teachers sacked.Race Science lessons to teach that Jews are untermensch [Untermensch: A German word for a person who is considered inferior. ].
1935
'Jews not wanted here' signs put up at swimming pools etc.
Nuremberg laws (15 September) Jews could not be citizens. They were not allowed to vote or to marry a German.
1938
Jews could not be doctors.Jews had to add the name Israel (men) or Sarah (women) to their name.Jewish children forbidden to go to school.
Kristallnacht (9 November) - attacks on Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues [Synagogues: These are places of Jewish worship and community.].
1939
Jews were forbidden to own a business, or own a radio.Jews were forced to live in ghettoes.
1941
Army Einsatzgruppen squads in Russia started mass-shootings of Jews.All Jews were forced to wear a yellow star of David.
1942
Wansee Conference (20 January) decided on the Final Solution, which was to gas all Europe's Jews. The main death camps were at Auschwitz, Treblinka and Sobibor.
Answer: American factories were retooled to produce goods to support the war effort and almost overnight the unemployment rate dropped to around 10%. As more men were sent away to fight, women were hired to take over their positions on the assembly lines.
The issues that influenced the outcome of the election of 1852 are the Fugitive Slave Act, and the Compromise of 1850.
