Holocaust (1938) timeline.

Mar 12, 1938

Nazi troops enter Austria, which has a population of 200,000 Jews, mainly living in Vienna. Hitler announces Anschluss (union) with Austria.
Mar 18, 1938

After the Anschluss, the SS is placed in charge of Jewish affairs in Austria with Adolf Eichmann establishing an Office for Jewish Emigration in Vienna. Himmler then establishes Mauthausen concentration camp near Linz
Apr 22, 1938

Nazis prohibit Aryan 'front-ownership' of Jewish businesses.
Apr 26, 1938

Nazis order Jews to register wealth and property.
Jun 6, 1938

Nazis prohibited Jews from trading and providing a variety of specified commercial services.
Jun 14, 1938

Nazis order Jewish-owned businesses to register.
Jun 23, 1938

Nazis order Jews over age 15 to apply for identity cards from the police, to be shown on demand to any police officer.
Jul 2, 1938

At Evian, France, the U.S. convenes a League of Nations conference with delegates from 32 countries to consider helping Jews fleeing Hitler, but results in inaction as no country will accept them.
Jul 25, 1938

Jewish doctors prohibited by law from practicing medicine.
Aug 11, 1938

Nazis destroy the synagogue in Nuremberg
Aug 17, 1938

Nazis require Jewish women to add Sarah and men to add Israel to their names on all legal documents including passports.
Sep 27, 1938

Jews are prohibited from all legal practices.
Oct 5, 1938

Law requires Jewish passports to be stamped with a large red "J."
Oct 28, 1938

Nazis arrest 17,000 Jews of Polish nationality living in Germany, then expel them back to Poland which refuses them entry, leaving them in 'No-Man's Land' near the Polish border for several months.
Nov 7, 1938

Ernst vom Rath, third secretary in the German Embassy in Paris, is shot and mortally wounded by Herschel Grynszpan, the 17-year-old son of one of the deported Polish Jews. Rath dies on November 9, precipitating Kristallnacht
Nov 9, 1938

Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass.
Nov 12, 1938

Nazis fine Jews one billion marks for damages related to Kristallnacht.
Nov 15, 1938

Nazi troops occupy the Sudetenland.
Nov 15, 1938

Jewish pupils are expelled from all non-Jewish German schools.
Dec 3, 1938

Law for compulsory Aryanization of all Jewish businesses.
Dec 14, 1938

Hermann Göring takes charge of resolving the "Jewish Question."

Nazi troops enter Austria, which has a population of 200,000 Jews, mainly living in Vienna. Hitler announces Anschluss (union) with Austria.

After the Anschluss, the SS is placed in charge of Jewish affairs in Austria with Adolf Eichmann establishing an Office for Jewish Emigration in Vienna. Himmler then establishes Mauthausen concentration camp near Linz

Nazis prohibit Aryan 'front-ownership' of Jewish businesses.

Nazis order Jews to register wealth and property.

Nazis prohibited Jews from trading and providing a variety of specified commercial services.

Nazis order Jewish-owned businesses to register.

Nazis order Jews over age 15 to apply for identity cards from the police, to be shown on demand to any police officer.

At Evian, France, the U.S. convenes a League of Nations conference with delegates from 32 countries to consider helping Jews fleeing Hitler, but results in inaction as no country will accept them.

Jewish doctors prohibited by law from practicing medicine.

Nazis destroy the synagogue in Nuremberg

Nazis require Jewish women to add Sarah and men to add Israel to their names on all legal documents including passports.

Jews are prohibited from all legal practices.

Law requires Jewish passports to be stamped with a large red "J."

Nazis arrest 17,000 Jews of Polish nationality living in Germany, then expel them back to Poland which refuses them entry, leaving them in 'No-Man's Land' near the Polish border for several months.

Ernst vom Rath, third secretary in the German Embassy in Paris, is shot and mortally wounded by Herschel Grynszpan, the 17-year-old son of one of the deported Polish Jews. Rath dies on November 9, precipitating Kristallnacht

Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass.

Nazis fine Jews one billion marks for damages related to Kristallnacht.

Nazi troops occupy the Sudetenland.

Jewish pupils are expelled from all non-Jewish German schools.

Law for compulsory Aryanization of all Jewish businesses.

Hermann Göring takes charge of resolving the "Jewish Question."