Holocaust

Adolf Hitler

Jan 30, 1933

Adolf Hitler was announced Chancellor by President Hindenburg hoping he would help Germany out of their political and economic crisis.

Dictatorship

Mar 23, 1933

The Enabling Act gave dictatorial powers to Hitler.

Racial ideology

Mar 29, 1933

Nazis thought Jews and Gypsies were a threat to the purity of the German race

Boycott

Apr 4, 1933

Boycott of Jewish businesses was instituted.

Laws

Jun 6, 1933

Laws were passed to reduce the number of genetic "inferior" through involuntary sterilization programs.

1933-1939

Jun 6, 1933

Between 1933-1939, half of the Germand Jews and more than two-thirds of Austrian Gyspies fled Nazi persecution.

Nuremberg

Jun 5, 1935

Laws were proclaimed at Nuremberg that stripped German Jews of their citizenship.

1933-1936

Jun 6, 1936

Thousands of politians and Jehovah's Witnesses were imprisoned in concentration camps, while thousands of Gyspies were confined in special municipal camps.

Economic life

Jun 5, 1937

Between 1937-1938 Jews were forced from Germany's economic life, Nazis seized Jewish businesses and properties.

German and Austria Jews

Nov 6, 1938

An economic attack against German and Austrian Jews changed into a physical destruction; Jewish men were arrested, many murdered, and destruction of homes.