Anti Semitism

Hitler elected as Chancellor of Germany

Jan 30, 1933

Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Von Hindenburg.

First Nazi Concentration camp

Mar 22, 1933

The first official Nazi concentration camp opens in Dachau near Munich

Boycott of Jewish Buisnesses

Apr 1, 1933

Boycott of Jewish shops and businesses.

Laws for Reestablishment of the Civil Service

Apr 7, 1933

These Laws bar jews from holding Civil Service,University or State jobs.

Gestapo Formed

Apr 26, 1933

The Gestapo (Secret State Police) is established by Herman Goering, minister of Prussia.

Book Burning

May 10, 1933

Public burnings of books written by Jews, political opposers, and others not approved by the state.

Hitler proclaims himself Führer und Reichskanzler

Aug 2, 1934

Leader and Reich Chancellor. Armed Forces swear to him

Nuremberg Laws

Jan 3, 1935

first anti-Jewish racial laws enacted; Jews no longer considered German citizens; Jews could not marry Aryans; nor could they fly the German flag.

Definition of Jew

Nov 15, 1935

Anyone with three jewish grandparents or two grandparents who identifies as Jewish

Jewish Doctors Barred

Mar 3, 1936

Jewish doctor barred from pratice and German facilities

Germans Invade Rhineland

Mar 7, 1936

Germany marches on Rhineland

Himmler appointed

Jun 17, 1936

Reichführer SS Himmler appointed to chief of German Police

Sachsenhausen opens

Jul 12, 1936

Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp opens

Buchenwald Opens

Jul 15, 1937

Buchenwald Concentration camp Opens

Jewish registration of property

Apr 26, 1938

Jews must register all property inside the reich.

Flossenburg opens

May 3, 1938

Flossenburg Concentration Camp Opens

Italy Antisemitism Laws

Aug 3, 1938

Italy enacts sweeping antisemitic laws

Mauthausen opens in Austria

Aug 8, 1938

Mauthausen concentration camp opens in Austria

Munich Conference

Sep 30, 1938

Great Britain and France agree to German occupation of the Sudetenland, previously western Czechoslovakia.

Passports Marked With Mark to prevent immigration to switzerland

Oct 5, 1938

Following request by Swiss authorities, Germans mark all Jewish passports with a large letter "J" to restrict Jews from immigrating to Switzerland

Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)

Period: Nov 9, 1938 to Nov 10, 1938

anti-Jewish pogrom in Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland; 200 synagogues destroyed; 7,500 Jewish shops looted; 30,000 male Jews sent to concentration camps

Jews to transfer retail businesses to Aryan hands

Nov 14, 1938

Decree forcing all Jews to transfer retail businesses to Aryan hands.

All Jewish pupils expelled from German schools

Nov 15, 1938

All Jewish pupils expelled from German schools

One billion mark fine levied against German Jews

Dec 12, 1938

One billion mark fine levied against German Jews for the destruction of property during Kristallnacht

Beginning of World War II

Jan 4, 1939

Beginning of World War II:Germany invades Poland. In the following weeks, 16.336 civilians are murdered by the Nazies in 714 localities. At least 5,000 victims were Jews.

First Polish ghetto

Oct 28, 1939

First Polish ghetto established in Piotrkow.

Jews in German-occupied Poland forced to wear an arm band or yellow star.

Nov 23, 1939

Jews in German-occupied Poland forced to wear an arm band or yellow star.

Auschwitz.concentration Camp opens

May 20, 1940

Concentration camp established at Auschwitz.

France surrenders.

Jun 22, 1940

Battle of Britain

Aug 8, 1940

Battle of Britain begins.

Warsaw Ghetto sealed: ultimately contained 500,000 people.

Nov 16, 1940

Warsaw Ghetto sealed: ultimately contained 500,000 people.

January 21-26: Anti-Jewish riots in Romania

Jan 21, 1941

January 21-26: Anti-Jewish riots in Romania, hundreds of Jews butchered.

Germany invades the Soviet Union.

Jun 22, 1941

Germany invades the Soviet Union.

July - August Dozens thousands of Russian and Jews are murdered by the Einzatzgruppen

Jul 1, 1941

Dozens thousands of Russian and Jews are murdered by the Einzatzgruppen

"Final Solution".

Jul 31, 1941

Heydrich appointed by Göring to implement the "Final Solution".

October-Establishment of Auschwitz II (Birkenau)

Oct 1, 1941

Establishment of Auschwitz II (Birkenau) for the extermination of Jews; Gypsies, Poles, Russians, and others were also murdered at the camp.

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Dec 7, 1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Chelmno (Kulmhof) extermination camp

Dec 8, 1941

Chelmno (Kulmhof) extermination camp begins operations: 340,000 Jews, 20,000 Poles and Czechs murdered by April 1943.

United States declares war on Japan and Germany.

Dec 11, 1941

United States declares war on Japan and Germany.

January-German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad

Jan 1, 1942

German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad

Wannsee Conference in Berlin: Heydrich outlines plan to murder Europe's Jews.

Jan 20, 1942

Wannsee Conference in Berlin: Heydrich outlines plan to murder Europe's Jews.

March-Liquidation of Krakow ghetto

Mar 1, 1942

Liquidation of Krakow ghetto

Extermination begins in Belzec

Mar 17, 1942

May-Extermination by gas begins in Sobibor killing center

May 1, 1942

Extermination by gas begins in Sobibor killing center

Winter-Deportation of Jews from Germany, Greece and Norway to killing centers;

Dec 1, 1942

Deportation of Jews from Germany, Greece and Norway to killing centers; Jewish partisan movement organized in forests near Lublin.

June-Himmler orders the liquidation of all ghettos in Poland and the Soviet Union

Jun 1, 1943

Himmler orders the liquidation of all ghettos in Poland and the Soviet Union

Germany occupies Hungary

Mar 19, 1944

Nazis begin deporting Hungarian Jews

May 15, 1944

Nazis begin deporting Hungarian Jews; by June 27, 380,000 sent to Auschwitz.

Revolt by inmates at Auschwitz; one crematorium blown up;

Oct 7, 1944

Liberation Of Death Camps

Period: Jan 17, 1945 to Apr 29, 1945

Hitler commits suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Hitler commits suicide

End Of The War In Europe

May 8, 1945

End of war vs Japan

Aug 15, 1945