Holocaust Timeline

  • Aftermath of World War 1

    Aftermath of World War 1
    After WWI had created new countries and had broken off other places and, had taken years for Germany to recover from the damage of the war, which had caused Germans to go through a great depression.
  • 1933-1938

    1933-1938
    After Adolf Hitler was chosen to be chancellor, which had caused the Nazi party to rise. In 1933, they had established the first concentration camp, against people that Hitler did not agree with and thought was dangerous.
  • 1939-1941

    1939-1941
    On September 1, 1939, Germany had invaded Poland. A year later Germany and their allies had attacked and conquered most of Europe. Jews had been forced to wear armbands and had established forced camps.
  • 1942-1945

    1942-1945
    While there was fighting with countries during World War II, the Nazi Party had made a solution by killing off Jews with poison gas. In the springtime of 1945, the Germans and other allies had made other crimes during the Holocaust at the time.
  • After the Holocaust- 1945

    After the Holocaust- 1945
    In the springtime of 1945, the Germans and their allies had killed six million Jews for their plan of genocide domination. When the Allied Powers had arrived at the concentration camps they had found many dead bodies and thousands of survivors. The aftermath for the survivors was haunting for trying to build back their lifes at such a horrible time.