Holocaust

  • Holocust

    Holocust
    Hitler takes power in Germany
  • Boycott

    Boycott
    Members of the Storm Troopers (SA), with boycott signs, block the entrance to a Jewish-owned shop.
  • Race Laws

    Race Laws
    German Jews lost their citizenship according to the definitions posed in these new regulations
  • Ghettos

    Ghettos
    German officials first created ghetto's for Jews to live in unsanitary conditions.
  • World War II

    World War II
    On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany began World War II (1939–1945) by attacking Poland.
  • Mass Shootings

    Mass Shootings
    German units began to carry out mass shootings of local Jews.
  • Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

    Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
    On April 19, 1943, the Warsaw ghetto uprising began after German troops and police entered the ghetto to deport its surviving inhabitants. Jewish insurgents inside the ghetto resisted these efforts. This was the largest uprising by Jews during World War and the first significant urban revolt against German occupation in Europe.
  • End of Holocust

    End of Holocust
    The Holocaust ended in May 1945 when the major Allied Powers (Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union) defeated Nazi Germany in World War II.