Holocaust 1933-1945 (Cited from Jewishgen.org)

By bigredturtle
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    1933-1945

  • Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.

    Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.

  • First official concentration camp opens in Dachau.

  • Establishment of Gestapo.

  • Hitler proclaims himself Leader and Reich Chancellor.

  • Anti-Jew laws enacted.

  • Germans march into Rhineland.

  • Rome-Berlin Axis created.

  • Kristallnacht.(Night of Broken Glass)

  • Germans occupy Czechoslovakia.

  • Beginning of WW2.

  • Germany invades the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France.

  • Auschwitz established.

  • France surrenders.

  • Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis.

  • Germany invades Soviet Union.

  • Establishment of Auschwitz 2 for extermination.

  • Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.

  • U.S. declares war on Japan and Germany.

  • Liquidation of Krakow Ghetto.

  • Germany occupies Hungary.

  • Liberation of camps April 8-May 7

  • Red Army repels Nazies. Spring-Summer.

  • D-Day

  • Attempted Hitler assassination.

  • Revolt at Auschwitz.

  • Hitler commits suicide.

  • End of WWII