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Events of the Holocaust
A timeline of events that occurred during the holocaust -
Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Von Hindenburg.
Adolf Hitler is named chancellor of Germany. On this day in 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or fÜhrer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany. -
The first official Nazi concentration camp opens.
The first official Nazi concentration camp opens in Dachau, a small village located near Munich (note: some "wild camps" already existed before 1933: Papenburg, Esterwegen, Börgermoor etc...). The first commandant of Dachau is Theodor Eicke. -
Boycott of Jewish shops and businesses.
Many jewish establishments located in germany were starting to be boycotted. -
Public burnings of books
Public burnings of books written by Jews, political dissidents, and others not approved by the state. -
Nuremberg Laws
"Nuremberg Laws": first anti-Jewish racial laws enacted; Jews no longer considered German citizens; Jews could not marry Aryans; nor could they fly the German flag. -
Sachsenhausen concentration camp opens.
The SS established the Sachsenhausen concentration camp as the principal concentration camp for the Berlin area. Located near Oranienburg, north of Berlin, the Sachsenhausen camp opened on July 12, 1936, when the SS transferred 50 prisoners from the Esterwegen concentration camp to begin construction of the camp. -
Buchenwald concentration camp opens.
SS authorities open the Buchenwald concentration camp for male prisoners in east-central Germany. Together with its many satellite camps, Buchenwald was one of the largest concentration camps established within German borders. Women were not part of the Buchenwald camp system until late 1943 or early 1944. -
17,000 Polish Jews living in Germany expelled
17,000 Polish Jews living in Germany expelled; Poles refused to admit them; 8,000 are stranded in the frontier village of Zbaszyn.
