Holocaust Timeline

  • Hitler appointed as Chancellor

    Hitler appointed as Chancellor
    This was the day that Paul von Hindenburg appointed Hitler as Chancellor
  • The Reichstag's burned doown

    The Reichstag's burned doown
    The German parliament building burned down. The Nazi party took advantage of this and blamed it on the communist party.
  • Enabling Acts

    Enabling Acts
    It gave Hitler dictatorship.
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    Night of the Long Knives

    Hitler ordered his elite SS guards to murder the organization's leaders.
  • Nuremberg Laws

    Nuremberg Laws
    Anti-Jewish racial laws enacted and Jews are no longer considered German citizens
  • Anschluss

    Anschluss
    Hitler annexed Austria
  • Night of the Broken Glass

    Night of the Broken Glass
    Within 48 hours, 7,500 Jewish businesses were destroyed or damaged, 96 Jews were killed, and nearly 30,000 Jewish men were arrested or sent to concentration camps.
  • Hitler invades Poland

    Hitler invades Poland
    The German army under Adolf Hitler launched an invasion of Poland that triggered the start of World War II.
  • Concentration camp established at Auschwitz

     Concentration camp established at Auschwitz
    This camp became know as the largest of the Nazi concentration and death camps.
  • Establishment of Warsaw Ghetto

    Establishment of Warsaw Ghetto
    This was the largest of all the Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Europe during World War II.
  • Final Solution plan gets developed

    Final Solution plan gets developed
    Wannsee Conference in Berlin: Plan is developed for “Final Solution”
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    The Death March From Aushwitz

    The SS authorities ordered, then, to evacuate Auschwitz prisoners between January 17-21.