Holocaust events chart

  • Hitler Gains Power

    Hitler Gains Power
    Hitler addressed parliament after he was appointed chancellor. All parties, excluding community and socialist parties, passed the "Enabling act."
  • Boycott Jewish Stores

    Boycott Jewish Stores
    The nazi appointed a boycott on Jewish stores
  • Nazi Race laws

    Nazi Race laws
    Laws were passed so the future German citizen could only be of "Kindred blood", and any "racial" Jewish couldn't become a citizen
  • Jewish Look For Refuge

    Jewish Look For Refuge
    Jewish people go to police stations to obtain an exit visa so the could leave and go to safety.
  • Night of Broken Glass

    Night of Broken Glass
    Nazis broke in and ransacked Jewish communities.
  • St. Louis

    St. Louis
    The passenger ship St. Louis sailed from Germany to Cuba, carrying 937 passengers, mostly Jewish.
  • The War Starts

    The War Starts
    Parts of Poland were overrun and ransacked by Germany, officially starting WWII