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Holocaust under Nazi Germany
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1st concentration camp - Dachau - established
First concentration camp - Dachau - established -
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Jewish Professionals barred from their places of employment
Boycott of Jewish shops and businesses; Jewish professionals barred from entering their offices and places of employment -
Gestapo established
Gestapo established; Nazi Secret police -
“Night of the Long Knives”
Purge of stormtroopers and nazi opponents -
“Nuremberg Laws,” anti-Jewish racial laws, enacted.
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Jews in Reich must register all property with authorities
Jews in Reich must register all property with authorities -
Hitler threatens the Vernichtung (extermination) of European Jews
Hitler threatens in Reichstag speech that, if war erupts, it will mean the Vernichtung (extermination) of European Jews -
Jews in German-occupied Poland forced to wear distinguishing badge
Jews in German-occupied Poland forced to wear distinguishing badgeJews in German-occupied Poland forced to wear distinguishing badge -
First ghetto in Poland established in Piotrków
First ghetto in Poland established in Piotrków -
Himmler issues directive to establish a concentration camp at Auschwitz
Himmler issues directive to establish a concentration camp -
Warsaw Ghetto sealed off; approximately 500,000 inhabitants
Warsaw Ghetto sealed off; approximately 500,000 inhabitants -
Heydrich appointed by Goering as responsible for implementation of Final Solution
Heydrich appointed by Goering as responsible for implementation of Final Solution -
Establishment of Auschwitz-Birkenau camp; site of mass extermination of Jews, Gypsies, Poles, Russians and others
Establishment of Auschwitz-Birkenau camp; site of mass extermination of Jews, Gypsies, Poles, Russians and others -
Chelmno extermination camp begins operation; 340,000 Jews, 20,000 Poles and Czechs murdered there by April 1943
Chelmno extermination camp begins operation; 340,000 Jews, 20,000 Poles and Czechs murdered there by April 1943 -
Wannsee Conference; Heydrich reveals official, systematic plan to murder all Jews
final solutionWannsee Conference; Heydrich reveals official, systematic plan to murder all Jews -
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Deportation of Jews to extermination camps from Holland, Poland, France, Belgium and Croatia
Deportation of Jews to extermination camps from Holland, Poland, France, Belgium and Croatia; armed resistance by Jews in ghettos of Kletzk, Wieswiez, Mir, Lackwa, Krements and Tuchin -
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Deportation of Jews from Norway, Germany and Greece to extermination camps
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Liquidation of Krakow Ghetto
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Germans attempt to liquidate 70,000 Warsaw ghetto inhabitants
Warsaw Ghetto revolt begins as Germans attempt to liquidate 70,000 ghetto inhabitants; Jewish underground fights Nazis until early June -
Himmler orders the liquidation of all the ghettos in Poland and the Soviet Union
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Liquidation of large ghettos: Minsk, Vilna and Riga
Liquidation of large ghettos: Minsk, Vilna and Riga -
Nazis begin deporting Hungarian Jews; by June 27, 38,000 sent to Auschwitz
Nazis begin deporting Hungarian Jews; by June 27, 38,000 sent to Auschwitz -
Russians liberate Majdanek extermination camp
Russians liberate Majdanek extermination camp -
Gassing ceases at Auschwitz
Gassing ceases at Auschwitz -
Evacuation of Auschwitz; beginning of death march for 66,000 camp inmates
Evacuation of Auschwitz; beginning of death march for 66,000 camp inmates -
Beginning of death march for 50,000 inmates of Stutthof
Beginning of death march for 50,000 inmates of Stutthof -
Beginning of death march for 30,000 inmates of Buchenwald
Beginning of death march for 30,000 inmates of Buchenwald -
Hitler commits suicide
Hitler commits suicide -
Germany surrenders to Allies, Ends the Third Reich
