Holocaust

Persecution

Apr 7, 1933

Hitler orders all non-Aryans to be removed from government jobs. The murdering of 11 million people across Europe begins, consisting of more than half Jews.

Nuremberg Laws

Jan 1, 1935

The laws stripped Jews of their German citizenship, jobs, and property.

Krishstallnacht

Nov 9, 1938

Night of broken glass. Nazi storm troopers attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues across Germany.

St. Louis

Jan 1, 1939

Ship full of Jews that were turned away by the U.S. They were forced to return to Europe where more than half died in the Holocaust.

Final Solution

Apr 21, 1939

Policy of genocide, the kiling of an entire population.

Final stage

Jan 1, 1942

The agreement of Hitler and his officers to begin a mass phase of the mass murder of Jews. Mass slaughter and starvation added a new method of murder by poison gas.