Holocaust

  • Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor

    Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor
    The Nazi party assumes control of German state when the German president appoints Adolf Hitler as Chancellor.
  • Establishment of Dachau Camp

    Establishment of Dachau Camp
    The SS establishes its first concentration camp in Dachau, Germany.
  • Hitler Abolishes the office as President

    Hitler Abolishes the office as President
    Adolf Hitler became President of Germany and calls himself "Fiihrer" of the German Reich.
  • Nuremberg Race Laws

    Nuremberg Race Laws
    Reichstag passed the Nuremberg Race Laws. The Laws did nor identify Jews as a person.
  • Buchenwald Concentration Camp Opens

    Buchenwald Concentration Camp Opens
    SS opens a Concentration Camp in Buchenwald for male prisoners.
  • German Annexation of Austria

    German Annexation of Austria
    German troops invade Austria and violence broke out against Jews.
  • Law on Alteration of Family and Personal Names

    Law on Alteration of Family and Personal Names
    The government made Jews identify separately from the rest of Germany.
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht
    Nazi parties carry out a wave of violent anti-Jewish pogroms throughout Germany.