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Holocaust Timeline
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Chancellor Of Germany
Hitler is appointed to be the Chancellor of Germany by the President Paul Von Hindenburg. -
First Concentration Camp
The SS open the first concentration camp in Dachau outside of munich. -
Undesirables Sent To Camps
Alcoholic, homeless, and unemployed people were sent to concentration camps. People tried incredibly to have employment papers so they wouldn't be taken away. -
Jewish Persecution
On this date Jewish people were prohibited to have health insurance. -
Nuremberg Laws Set Into Place
The Nuremberg Laws took away Jewish rights, such as :
Jews could no longer be German citizens
Jews cannot marry non-Jews
Jews cannot have sexual relations with non-Jews -
Protocol Signed Between Germany and Italy
A secret protocol is signed between Italy and Germany outlining common policies in the area of foreign affairs. This is the first step to the formation of 'Axis'. This made sure Hitler did not have to worry about Mussolini anymore. -
Hitler Shows Off Army
Hitler shows off his Navy and Air Force to Mussolini. Mussolini returns to Italy knowing that having Germany as an ally is the right thing. -
Austrian Jews Persecuted
Jews in Austria were persecuted and victimized. -
Kristallnacht
Approximately 100 Jews murdered, 20,000 Austrian and German Jews arrested and sent to camps. Hundreds of synagogues burned, and the windows of all Jewish shops were smashed. -
Jews Fined
Jews were forced to pay one billion marks for the damage caused by Kristallnacht. -
Czech and Austrian Jews Deported
Jews living in Austria and Czechoslovakia were deported to Poland. -
Yellow Star Introduction
Jews in Poland were forced to wear a yellow star on their clothing to be easier to identify. -
Auschwitz
A new concentration and death camp opens, Auschwitz. Many European Jews deported here around this time. -
Warsaw Ghetto
The Warsaw Ghetto was sealed off with around 400,000 Jews living inside the crowded ghetto. -
Einsatzgruppen
Killing squads began rounding up and killing Jews in Russia. 33,000 Jews are murdered in two days at Babi Yar near Kiev. -
Final Solution
Reinhard Heydrich chosen to commence the Final Solution. -
First 'Death Camp'
On this date the first actual 'death camp' was opened at Chelmno. -
Mass-Gassings
During this month, the Nazis began putting hundreds of Jews into chambers and locking them in, and then releasing Zyklon B, a toxic gas when combined with oxygen when released, leaving Jews to suffocate and die in mass quantities, making the killing more efficient and less demoralizing than shooting them all in the head. -
All European Jews Rounded Up
Jews from all around Europe were brought to death camps. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Nazis were given the order to remove the rest of the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto and deport them to Treblinka. News leaked to the remaining Jews that there were mass killings of their people so they decided they have nothing to lose and fought against the Nazis for a month until they shot them or sent them to camps. -
'Death Camps' Closed
Russians were advancing from the East, so the Nazis started closing death camps and destroying evidence of their existence. -
Auschwitz Gas Chambers Used For Last Time
The gas chambers in Auschwitz were used for the last time with the Jews before closing the camp. -
Death Marches
Many camps that weren't closed already were shut down and the Nazis destroy as much evidence as possible. Jews who survived were brought on 'death marches'. -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Hitler realizing his inevitable defeat, commits suicide. -
Germany Surrenders
Germany surrenders for good and the war in Europe is over. -
Nuremberg Trials
Surviving Nazi leaders were put on trial for their mass murders and all crimes they have committed against not just Europe, but the world. -
International Military Tribunal
The International Military Tribunal sentences Nazi war criminals; Eighteen are convicted, three are acquitted, eleven of the defendants are sentenced to death.
