Holocaust By morsalzeerak Nov 11, 1918 World war 1 ended Period: Nov 11, 1918 to May 14, 1948 Holocaust Sep 12, 1919 Adolf Hitler joined a political party and condemned the jews Nov 8, 1923 Hitler went to prison for trying to overthrown local authorities Oct 29, 1929 The Great Deppression began Jan 30, 1933 Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany and the Nazis burned 'un-german' books in Berlin Jun 30, 1934 Hitler attacked SA men on the 'Night of long knives' Sep 1, 1939 Hitler invaded Poland starting World War 2 Jul 6, 1941 The Nazis killing squad called 'Einsatzgruppen' started killing about 1,500,000 jews Apr 6, 1942 Nazis killed 2.7 million jews in deathcamps Aug 2, 1943 200 Jews escape camp Treblinka and the Nazis find them