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Hitler Becomes Chancellor #1
Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany on January 30, marking a crucial political development that laid that groundwork for the Holocaust. -
Nuremberg Laws #2
The Nuremberg Laws are enacted on September 15, stripping Jews of their German citizenship and legalizing discrimination against them. -
Kristallnacht (NOBG) #3
On November 9-10, violent anti-Jewish pogroms erupt across Germany, resulting in widespread destruction of Jewish businesses, homes, and synagogues. -
Invasion of Poland #4
Germany invades Poland on September 1, marking the beginning of World War II and the escalation of anti-Jewish policies. -
Operation Barbarossa #5
On June 22, Germany invades the Soviet Union, bringing Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing squads) into operation leading to mass shootings of Jews. -
Wannsee Conference #6
On January 20, high-ranking Nazi officials meet to coordinate the "Final Solution," the systematic genocide of European Jews. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising #7
From April 19 to May 16, Jewish resistance fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto resist deportation efforts by German forces. -
Liberation of Concentration Camps #8
Allied forces liberate concentration camps, revealing the full extent of the Holocaust's horrors. The liberation process continues throughout 1945.