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End of the First World War
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Treaty of Versailles
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Rise of the Nazi Party
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Nazi Party Changes Leader
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Adolf Hitler's attempt at an armed overthrow of local authorities in Munich, known as the Beer Hall Putsch , failed miserably
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Hitler Writes "Mein Kampf"(My Struggle)
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Black Tuesday: The U.S. stock market crashes, leading into the Great Depression
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Nazis elected: Germans elected the Nazis, making them the 2nd largest political party in Germany.
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Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany
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Oranienburg opened: First concentration camp opened at the outside of Berlin.
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Burning of Books: Nazis ordered to burn the books of Jews and everyone whose ideas where not accepted.
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Hitler declares himself Führer of Germany.
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Olympics in Germany
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Anschluss: Germany announces the union with Austria.
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"Kristall Nacht" (Night of the broken glass)
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Germany takes Poland
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Beginning of WWII
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Dunkirk Evacuation
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Tripartite Pact signed
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More countries become Nazi allies. The Warsow Ghetto is scaled off.
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Hungary joins the Axis
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Nazis obliged Jews to wear the Yellow Star.
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First experimental use of gas in Auschwitz concentration camp
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Genocide of 11 million prisoners. More Ghettoes
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Pearl Harbor is attacked by Japan.
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The massive murder of Jews began in Auschwitz.
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D-Day: Normandy landings.
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The last day that people were killed with gas in Auschwitz.
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Death of Hitler
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Hiroshima is attacked with an atomic bomb by the U.S.
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Nagasaki's atomic bomb
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The Nuremberg Trials begin.