Events of the Holocaust

By ELijah2213
  • Rise of the Nazi party

    Rise of the Nazi party

    Hitler becomes sworn in as chancellor now giving the Nazi party power
  • First act to oppress jews

    First act to oppress jews

    Nuremberg Laws are enacted, stripping German Jews of citizenship and prohibiting intermarriage
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    Nazi's in Germany vandalized Jewish homes, schools, and businesses. Also murdered close to 100 jews, this night became known as the night of broken glass
  • Invasion of Poland

    Invasion of Poland

    Invasion of Poland beginning World War II and leading to the establishment of the first ghettos in occupied Polish territories
  • Concentration Camps

    Concentration Camps

    German occupation of Western Europe, leading to the deportation of Jewish populations to concentration camps
  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa

    Invasion of the Soviet Union marked by mass killings of Jews by Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing squads) behind the front lines
  • The Final Solution

    The Final Solution

    The Nazi plan to systematically exterminate the Jewish population of Europe through mass deportation to extermination camps, where prisoners were systematically murdered in gas chambers
  • End of the Holocaust

    End of the Holocaust

    Liberation of concentration camps by Allied forces, revealing the horrors of the Holocaust