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Period: to
the Holocaust
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Rosevelt was elected president of the united states
Rosevelt was elected president of the united states -
Germany withdraws from the League of Nations.
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undersiables sent to camps
Homeless, alcoholic and unemployed people were sent to concentration camps -
jews banned
Jews are banned from the German Labor Front. -
jewish persicution
An order was issued which prohibited Jewish people from having health insurance -
germany votes
Hitler receives a 90 percent 'Yes' vote from German voters approving his new powers. -
jews banned from military
Nazis ban Jews from serving in the military. -
race laws decreed
Nuremberg Race Laws against Jews decreed. -
gestapo above law
The German Gestapo is placed above the law. -
Nazis set up homosexuality and abortion offices
Nazis set up an Office for Combating Homosexuality and Abortions (by healthy women). -
jews banned from many jobs
Jews are banned from many professional occupations including teaching Germans, and from being accountants or dentists. They are also denied tax reductions and child allowances. -
Nazi Troops Enter Austria
Nazi troops enter Austria, which has a population of 200,000 Jews, mainly living in Vienna. -
ethernal jew
'Eternal Jew' travelling exhibition opens in Munich. -
Nazis enter austria
Nazi troops enter Austria, which has a population of 200,000 Jews, mainly living in Vienna. -
Nazis fine jews
Nazis fine Jews one billion marks for damages related to Kristallnacht -
Jews give gold and silver to nazis
Nazis force Jews to hand over all gold and silver items. -
Adolf Eichmann takes over
Adolf Eichmann takes over section IV B4 of the Gestapo dealing solely with Jewish affairs and evacuations. -
new concentration camp
Nazis choose the town of Oswiecim (Auschwitz) in Poland near Krakow as the site of a new concentration camp. -
Warsaw Ghetto sealed off
The Warsaw Ghetto, containing over 400,000 Jews, is sealed off. -
Jewish hostages are deported
430 Jewish hostages are deported from Amsterdam after a Dutch Nazi is killed by Jews. -
U.S. declares war
United States declares war on Japan and Germany. -
extermination begins
Extermination begins in Belzec; by end of 1942 600,000 Jews murdered. -
extermination ends
Exterminations at Belzec cease after an estimated 600,000 Jews have been murdered. The camp is then dismantled, plowed over and planted. -
the first resistance begins
First resistance by Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
