Holocaust 1928-1945 By morgankulwicki May 16, 1928 Elections for Nazi Party Oct 29, 1929 Great Depression starts Sep 27, 1930 Sedond Nazi Party elections Jan 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany a nation with a Jewish population of 566,000 Mar 24, 1933 German Parliament passes Enabling Act giving Hitler dictatorial powers. Apr 1, 1933 Nazis stage boycott of Jewish shops and businesses. Jul 14, 1933 Nazi Party is declared the only legal party in Germany; Also, Nazis pass Law to strip Jewish immigrants from Poland of their German citizenship. Sep 29, 1933 Nazis prohibit Jews from owning land. Oct 4, 1933 Jews are prohibited from being newspaper editors. Aug 2, 1934 Hitler proclaims himself Führer und Reichskanzler Nov 15, 1935 Germany defines a "Jew" anyone with three Jewish grandparents; someone with two Jewish grandparents who identifies as a Jew. Mar 3, 1936 Jewish doctors barred from practicing medicine in German institutions Jul 15, 1937 Buchenwald concentration camp opens. May 1, 1938 Flossenburg concentration camp opens. Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht Nov 10, 1938 Kristallnacht Nov 12, 1938 Decree forcing all Jews to transfer retail businesses to Aryan hands Nov 15, 1938 All Jewish pupils expelled from German schools Oct 28, 1939 First Polish ghetto established in Piotrkow Jun 22, 1940 France surrenders Nov 16, 1940 Warsaw Ghetto sealed: ultimately contained 500,000 people. Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades the Soviet Union Dec 11, 1941 United States declares war on Japan and Germany Jul 20, 1944 Group of German officers attempt to assassinate Hitler Jan 17, 1945 Evacuation of Auschwitz; beginning of death march Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide, liberation of Ravensbruck Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders; end of World War II
