Holocaust

By carina.melendezve420

  • When it begun

    When it begun
    The Holocaust began in Germany after Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor in January 1933.Nazi Germany and its allies and collaborators implemented a wide range of anti-Jewish policies and measures.

  • Expansion

    Expansion
    Nazi Germany’s territorial expansion began in 1938–1939. During this time, Germany annexed neighboring Austria and the Sudetenland View This Term in the Glossary and occupied the Czech lands.

  • Ghettos

    Ghettos
    German officials first created ghettos in 1939–1940 in German-occupied Poland.

  • Start of World War II

    Start of World War II
    Nazi Germany began World War II (1939–1945) by attacking Poland. Over the next two years, Germany invaded and occupied much of Europe, including western parts of the Soviet Union.

  • Final Solution

    Final Solution
    Beginning in 1941, however, Nazi leaders decided to implement the mass murder of Europe’s Jews. They referred to this plan as the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question.”

  • Killing Centers

    Killing Centers
    In late 1941, the Nazi regime began building specially designed, stationary killing centers in German-occupied Poland. In English, killing centers are sometimes called “extermination camps”

  • Mass Shooting

    Mass Shooting
    After Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, German units began to carry out mass shootings of local Jews. At first, these units targeted Jewish men of military age. But by August 1941, they had started massacring entire Jewish communities.

  • End

    End
    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.