-
takeover of power
In March 1933, Adolf Hitler addressed the first session
of the German Parliament (Reichstag) following his
appointment as chancellor. -
nazi assualt (THE TERROR BEGINS)
Communists, Socialists, and other political opponents
of the Nazis were among the first to be rounded up and
imprisoned by the regime. went from 1933 to 1939 -
"final solution" 1939-1945
Sections of Warsaw lay in ruins following the invasion
and conquest of Poland by the German military begun
in September 1939 that propelled Europe into World
War II. -
"final solution 1939-1945
CONCENTRATION CAMP UNIVERSE
Jews from Hungarian-occupied Czechoslovakia
(present-day Ukraine) are taken off the trains and
assembled at the largest of the killing centers,
Auschwitz-Birkenau. -
"last chapter"
For several weeks in October 1943, Danish rescuers
ferried 7,220 Jews to safety across the narrow strait
to neutral Sweden. -
last chapter
DEATH MARCHES
This photo taken from the
window of a private home shows
prisoners being marched from one
concentration camp to another. In
response to the deteri-orating
military situation in late 1944,
German authorities ordered the
evacuation of concentration camp
prisoners away from advancing
Allied troops to the interior of
Germany. -
last chapter
POSTWAR TRIALS
Leading Nazi officials listen to proceedings at the
International Military Tribunal, the best known of the
postwar trials, in Nuremberg, Germany, before judges
representing the Allied powers. -
last chapter
GENOCIDE DID NOT END WITH THE HOLOCAUST
Refugees from the 2003–2005 genocide in Darfur,
Sudan, above, struggle to survive after being
displaced from their villages.
