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Holocaust timeline

  • The Beginning of the Holocaust

    The Beginning of the Holocaust
    Hitler had came to power as chancellor and from then on as he gained power he passed acts like the Enabling Act
  • Citizens turned to Outcast

    Citizens turned to Outcast
    At the start of April the Nazis started putting up poster saying to boycott Jewish stores but this was not entirely successful because some people still made purchases from the stores.
  • Race Laws

    Race Laws
    The people were required to carry a card and you were considered Jewish if you had at least 1 Jewish grandparent.
  • The Science behind Race

    The Science behind Race
    Nazis divided the population of the world into superior and inferior races,The Aryan race was superior over all other races
  • The Night of Broken Glass

    The Night of Broken Glass
    Jewish places were vandalized, burned or destroyed. 96 were killed and about 30K arrested and put in camps.
  • Not just Jews as a target

    Not just Jews as a target
    Even thought the Jewish race was the main target of the Nazis they still attacked Gypsies & also people that had mental
  • The War Begins

    The War Begins
    The conquest of Poland by Germany had started Europe into WW2
  • Mobile Killing Squads

    Mobile Killing Squads
    The mobile killing squad was responsible for the many deaths during the holocaust
  • Camp transportation

    Camp transportation
    Jews were crammed in rail cars usually 80 to 100.
  • Some were saved

    Some were saved
    7.2K Jewish people were saved by Danish rescuers and were brought to Sweden.
  • The Last Chapter

    The Last Chapter
    The Jewish documented the extreme conditions of German occupation. The buried them in milk jars and then buried them to be found later.
  • The Final Solution

    The Final Solution
    In 1945 Majority of the Jews in Concentration camps were killed.