Holocaust Timeline

By Ace D.

  • Adolf Hitler appointed chancellor

    Adolf Hitler appointed chancellor
    The Nazi party takes control of the German state

  • Anti-Jewish boycott

    Anti-Jewish boycott
    The Nazi party held a boycott of all Jewish-owned companies

  • Laws Limit Jews Entering Public Schools

    Laws Limit Jews Entering Public Schools
    The law on overcrowding in school excludes Jews in public schools and universities

  • Buchenwald Concentration Camps Open

    Buchenwald Concentration Camps Open
    Buchenwald becomes one of the largest concentration camps on the borders of old Germany

  • Law of Alteration

    Law of Alteration
    New German law requires any Jews that bearing a 'non-Jewish' first name will take an additional name, 'Israel' for men, and 'Sara' for women

  • German's declare Jewish Passports Invalid

    German's declare Jewish Passports Invalid
    The Reich Ministry invalidates all Jewish passports, and will only be made valid if the letter 'J' has been stamped on them.

  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht
    Members of the Nazi party and other Nazi formations burnt Synagogues, rob Jewish stores and businesses, and kill approximately 91 Jews

  • First Kindertransport Arrives

    First Kindertransport Arrives
    Jewish parents sent their unaccompanied children abroad to escape Nazi terror