Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter was an answer to a message from a group of clergy in Birmingham in 1963. In their “Call for Unity,” the clergy appealed for restraint and “common sense,” and a withdrawal of support for the civil rights demonstrations.
Totalitarian regimes are often characterized by extensive political repression, a complete lack of democracy, widespread personality cultism, absolute control over the economy, massive censorship, mass surveillance, limited freedom of movement (most notably freedom to leave the country) and widespread use of
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.
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Johann de Kalb and Friedrich <span>Von Steuben would have helped train soldiers at that time.</span>