Holocaust

By Ashyria.Hamilton
  • Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor

    Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor

    The Nazis and the German Nationalist People's Party (Deutschnationale Volkspartei; DNVP) are members of the coalition.
  • Reichstag Fire Decree

    Reichstag Fire Decree

    President Hindenburg issues the Decree for the Protection of People and the Reich.
  • Establishment of Dachau Camp

    Establishment of Dachau Camp

    Between 1933 and 1945, concentration camps (Konzentrationslager; KL or KZ) were an integral feature of the Nazi regime. The number of prisoners incarcerated in Dachau during these years exceeded 188,000.
  • Anti-Jewish Boycott

    Anti-Jewish Boycott

    Less than 3 months after coming to power in Germany, the Nazi leadership stages an economic boycott targeting Jewish-owned businesses and the offices of Jewish professionals.
  • Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service

    Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service

    The German government issues the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service (Gesetz zur Wiederherstellung des Berufsbeamtentums),
  • Law Limits Jews in Public Schools

    Law Limits Jews in Public Schools

    which dramatically limits the number of Jewish students attending public schools.
  • Book Burning

    Book Burning

    On May 10, 1933, university students burn upwards of 25,000 “un-German” books in Berlin’s Opera Square.
  • Law for the “Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Diseases”

    Law for the “Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Diseases”

    The German government passes the “Law for the Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Diseases” (Gesetz zur Verhütung erbkranken Nachwuchses).