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Adolf Hitler
Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Von Hindenburg. -
Nazi
The first official Nazi concentration camp opens in Dachau, a small village located near Munich. -
Boycott
Boycott of Jewish shops and businesses -
Laws
Laws for Reestablishment of the Civil Service barred Jews from holding civil service, university, and state positions. -
Gestapo
The Gestapo is established by Herman Goering, minister of Prussia -
Public Burning
Public burnings of books written by Jews, political dissidents, and others not approved by the state. -
East European.
Law excluding East European Jewish immagrants of German citizenship. -
Hitler proclaims himself.
Hitler proclaims himself Leader and Reich Chancellor. Armed forces must now swear allegiance to him. -
Jews
Jews barred from serving in the German armed forces -
Germany defines Jews.
Germany defines a "Jew": anyone with three Jewish grandparents; someone with two Jewish grandparents who identifies as a Jew. -
Camp opens.
Sachsenhausen concentration camp opens. -
Camp opens.
Buchenwald concentration camp opens. -
Swiss Request
Request by Swiss authorities, Germans mark all Jewish passports with a large letter "J" to restrict Jews from immigrating to Switzerland. -
Jews Expelled
All Jewish pupils expelled from German schools -
WWII
Beginning of World War II: Germany invades Poland. In the following weeks, 16.336 civilians are murdered by the Nazies in 714 locations. At least 5,000 victims were Jews. -
France Surrenders
France surrenders. -
Polish Jews transfer to warsaw ghetto.
German authorities begin rounding up Polish Jews for transfer to Warsaw Ghetto. 10,000 Jews died by starvation in the ghetto between January and June 1941. -
US declares War.
United States declares war on Japan and Germany. -
Extermination begins.
Extermination begins in Belzec; by end of 1942, 600,000 Jews murdered. -
Armed revolt.
Armed revolt in Sobibor extermination camp -
D-Day.
D-Day: Allied invasion at Normandy. -
Death March.
Beginning of death march for inmates of Stutthof -
Hitler commits suicide.
Hitler commits suicide, liberation of Ravensbruck. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
August 6: Bombing of Hiroshima -
Bombing of Nagasaki
Bombing of Nagasaki -
Japan surrenders.
Japan surrenders; end of World War II