Boy in the Striped Pajamas- Holocast

Hitler rises to power

Jan 30, 1933

On this day, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. This is important because he "started" the holocuast

Main dates of the Holocaust

Period: Jan 30, 1933 to Apr 30, 1945

Holocaust

Nazis stage boycott

Apr 1, 1933

Nazis stage boycott of Jewish shops and businesses. This is important because this is when they started discriminating jews.

No Jews allowed in the military

May 21, 1935

Nazis ban Jews from serving in the military. Even more Jews are being discriminated against. They don't even have the right to fight for their country.

Jews not allowed to have gold and/or silver

Feb 21, 1939

Nazis force Jews to hand over all gold and silver items. These items might have been family heirlooms or very important to the Jewish family, but the Nazis took it anyway.

Proclamation on isolation of Jews

Oct 6, 1939

Proclamation by Hitler on the isolation of Jews. Now, things are really getting into action. The Jewish people are starting to be sent to concentration camps.

Must wear yellow stars

Nov 23, 1939

Yellow stars required to be worn by Polish Jews over age 10. This is significant because the Jews are starting to be reconized as "bad" and "not people at all".

Nazis chose Aushwitz

Jan 25, 1940

Nazis choose the town of Oswiecim (Auschwitz) in Poland near Krakow as the site of a new concentration camp. This is significant because they major concentration camp is being made.

Mass killings begin

Jan 20, 1941

Mass killings of Jews using Zyklon-B begin at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Bunker I (the red farmhouse) in Birkenau with the bodies being buried in mass graves in a nearby meadow. Now they are starting to really kill the Jews and are trying to make genocide happen.

More jews must wear yellow stars

Jun 1, 1942

Jews in France, Holland, Belgium, Croatia, Slovakia, Romania ordered to wear yellow stars. They are discriminating them even more.

Second gas chamber made operational

Jun 30, 1942

At Auschwitz, a second gas chamber, Bunker II, is made operational at Birkenau due to the number of Jews arriving. Now they are really killing the Jews in mass numbers.

Adolf Hitler dies

Apr 30, 1945

Hitler dies. The holocaust is all over, or is it?!