holocaust

Holocaust

Period: 1932 to 1945

Hitler campaign speech

Jul 22, 1932

in july 1932 the nazi party wins 230 seats in german parliamentary elections becoming the largest party represented

Adolf Hitler appointed chancellor

Jan 30, 1933

Nazi party assumes control of the German state when German president Paul von Hindenburg appoints Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler as Chancellor at the head of a coalition government

Anti-Jewish Laws in Hungary

May 29, 1938

Hungary adopts comprehensive anti-Jewish laws and measures excluding jews from many professions

Kristallnacht

Nov 9, 1938

Nazi party official members of the SA and the Hitler Youth carry out a wave of violent anti-Jewish pogroms throughout greater Germany

Warsaw Ghetto sealed

Nov 15, 1940

German authorities order the Warsaw ghetto to be sealed

Wannsee Conference

Jan 20, 1942

Reinhard Heydrich chief of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) convinces the Wannsee Conference in the villa outside berlin

Deportation of Dutch Jews

Jul 15, 1942

German authentic begin the deportations of the Dutch jews from the wester Bork Amersfoort and Vaught camps in the Netherlands to killing centers and the concertation camps in Germany and German-occupied Poland

Attempt to Assassinate Hitler

Jul 20, 1943

German military officers attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler in his east Prussian headquarters at Rustenburg

Hitler commits suicide

Apr 30, 1945

As Soviet forces near his command bunker in central berlin on April 30 1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide berlin falls to the soviets within days