Holocaust Timeline

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  • Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor

    Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor
    The Nazi Party assumes control of the German state.
  • Establishment of Dachau Camp

    Establishment of Dachau Camp
    The SS establishes the Dachau concentration camp in March 1933.
  • Anti-Jewish Boycott

    Anti-Jewish Boycott
    Members of the Nazi Party and its affiliated organizations organize a nationwide boycott of Jewish-owned businesses in Germany.
  • Book Burning

    Book Burning
    Books deemed "un-German" are publicly burned throughout Germany.
  • Editors Law

    Editors Law
    New German law forbids non-“Aryans” to work in journalism.
  • Röhm Affair

    Röhm Affair
    Hitler orders the purge of the top leadership of the SA, the Nazi Party paramilitary formation.
  • Hitler Abolishes the Office of President

    Hitler Abolishes the Office of President
    Hitler becomes the absolute dictator of Germany.
  • Nuremberg Race Laws

    Nuremberg Race Laws
    The Nuremberg Laws of 1935 herald a new wave of antisemitic legislation that brings immediate and concrete segregation.