Holocaust Timeline

By racunningha

  • First Concentration Camp

    The first concentration camp was opened Dachau, Germany.

  • First Persecution of "undesirables"

    Homeless people, alcoholics and those who were unemployed were sent to concentration camps before Jewish people.

  • Jewish Persecution

    Jewish people were prohibited from receiving health insurance.

  • The Nuremberg Laws

    Laws that were put in place to strip the rights from Jewish people.

  • Austrian Jews Victimized

    Jews in Austria were persecuted along with Jews in Germany.

  • Munich Synagogue Destroyed

    A Jewish synagogue in Munich, Germany.

  • Kristallnacht

    A night in which approx. 100 Jewish people were murdered and 20,000 were arrested. Many synagogues were burned down, and many Jewish stores were vandalized.

  • Austrian and Czech Jews Deported

    Jewish people living in both Austria and Czechoslovakia were deported to Poland.

  • The Yellow Star

    In Poland, Jewish people were forced to wear yellow stars as a form of identification.

  • Auschwitz

    The newest concentration camp, Auschwitz, opens.

  • Einsatzgruppen

    Many killing squads known as Einsatzgruppen began killing Jewish people in Russia. Approx. 33,000 were murdered in almost two days.

  • The "Final Solution"

    The "Final Solution" was implemented

  • The First Death Camp

    In Chelmno, the first death camp was opened.

  • Mass-gassing

    The start of mass-gassing Jewish people at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

  • Death Camps Closing

    Many of the existing death camps were closed as Russian troops began advancing and any evidence of the camps was​ destroyed.
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    Warsaw Uprising

    After an order that was issued to "clear out" the Warsaw Ghetto,​ a group or about 750 young people began to start a small revolution against the German troops. This lasted for about a month until those who were still alive were either shot or taken to death camps.

  • Gas Chambers in Auschwitz

    The last time gas chambers in Auschwitz would be used.

  • Death Marches

    The survivors of the concentration camps were forced to engage in death marches.

  • German Surrender

    Germany surrendered, thus ending the war in Europe.

  • Nuremberg War Trials

    The Nazi leaders who survived were put on trial in Nuremberg.