holocaust

By ethan.chamberlain

  • 1933

    1933
    Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany in 1933 following a series of electoral victories by the Nazi party

  • 1935

    1935
    The Nuremburg Laws of 1935 denied Jews their German citizenship forbade Jews to marry non-Jews and took away most of their political rights

  • 1935

    1935
    Nazi leader Adolf Hitler signs a secret decree authorizing the founding of the Reich Luftwaffe as a third German military service to join the Reich army and navy.

  • 1938

    1938
    at least 267 synagogues were destroyed. At least 91 people were murdered Countless Jewish businesses and homes were vandalized and destroyed

  • 1939

    1939
    invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, triggered the European phase of World War II.

  • 1939

    1939
    Hitler smashed the nation's democratic institutions and transformed Germany into a war state

  • 1940

    1940
    Hitler attacked France, his panzer divisions smashing through slow-moving French formations and cutting off the British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk.

  • 1945

    1945
    is observed by the western European powers as Nazi Germany surrenders, marking the end of WWII in Europe.