Holocaust

  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand was Assassinated, starting the conflict of WW1
  • Battle of the Somme

    The heaviest loss of life in the entire war, sparking more anger.
  • Treaty of Versailles given to Germany

    Germany was forced to accept the terms for losing the War and causing it, causing anger towards the rest of the world.
  • Hitler rises into power

    Hitler was appointed as the Chancellor of Germany and was able to take control of the country.
  • 1st concentration camp established

    The Dachau camp was established by the SS. This was the start of the holocaust.
  • Editor's law

    'non-Aryans' are not allowed to work in the media, in order to stop them from influencing anyone.
  • Reichstag Speech

    Hitler addresses a crowd of people declaring that the outbreak of war would be the end of the Jews in Europe.
  • German invasion of Poland

    One of the first major events from Germany in the second World War.
  • War declared on Germany

    Britain and France declare war on Germany, after seeing what they were doing and seeing them as a threat.
  • Auschwitz camp established

    The infamous Auschwitz camp was established, signifying a start to the Jewish mass genocide of the holocaust.
  • Deportation of Dutch Jews

    The German Authorities order the deportation of all Dutch Jews. They are taken from the Netherlands.
  • Liquidation of the Krakow Ghetto

    The Secret Service and the Police take over the Ghetto in Krakow. The Holocaust starts to escalate.
  • Displaced Persons Act

    The USA official begins to allow the entry of refugees like Jews into the country in order to help combat Germany and Hitler's oppressions.
  • Opening of US Holocaust memorial museum

    The US begins to recognise and remember that lives of the Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust.
  • First conviction of Genocide

    Jean-Paul Akayesu is found guilty of genocide.