Holocaust Timeline

  • Hitler becomes Chancellor

    Hitler becomes Chancellor
    On January 30th, 1933 Adolf Hitler was appointed as Chancellor of Germany
  • Reichstag Building Fire

    Reichstag Building Fire
    On February 28th, 1933 the Reichstag Building caught on fire, and this strengthened the uprising of the Nazi party.
  • Hitler becomes Führer

    Hitler becomes Führer
    Hitler ordered the Nazi Leaders to take down the leadership of the SA and kill other political enemies. This murderous purge ended with the Nazi Party and the German army coming together which granted the Nazi party power over Germany then Hitler named himself Führer.
  • Invasion of Austria

    Invasion of Austria
    This is when the German Soldiers marched into Austria. The next day the Annexation of Austria to the German Empire was announced and Hitler arrived in Vienna to a cheering crowd of 200,000 Austrians.
  • Hitler to Parliament

    Hitler to Parliament
    Hitler tells the German parliament that another World War will occur from the extermination of the Jews
  • Invasion on Poland

    Invasion on Poland
    This is when Germany invaded Poland and initiated World War II.
  • Annihilation

    Annihilation
    Hitler and other Nazi German leaders reach the decision to terminate Jews.
  • The Death...

    The Death...
    Adolf Hitler commits suicide.