Holocaust Timeline

By makenna.m
  • Hitler comes into power

    Hitler comes into power

    Hitler and the Nazi party gain power in Germany.
  • Boycott

    Boycott

    Nazis encouraged Germans to "protect themselves" by boycotting Jewish businesses.
  • Violation of Treaty of Versailles

    Violation of Treaty of Versailles

    Hitler expands the German army to over 500,000 men, which violates the Treaty of Versailles that limits the German army.
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass) spanned over two days, November 9th and 10th in 1938. This was insane violence towards Jewish people in response to a Jewish man killing someone somewhere else.
  • WWII starts

    WWII starts

    Germany attacks Poland, officially starting WWII
  • Jewish Star

    Jewish Star

    German occupied Poland makes Jews 10 and up wear a badge to show they're Jewish.
  • The Final Solution

    The Final Solution

    Nazis begin the systematic mass murder of Jewish people.
  • Jewish Identification Cards

    Jewish Identification Cards

    In Norway, Jewish people didn't have to wear a badge but they were given IDs stamped with a J.