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Holocaust Timeline

  • Adolf Hitler is appointed chancellor of Germany

    Adolf Hitler is appointed chancellor of Germany
    After many attempts, Germany appoints Adolf Hitler as chancellor of Germany
  • Nazis initiate a boycott of Jewish shops across all of Germany

    Nazis initiate a boycott of Jewish shops across all of Germany
    although the boycott was called off after 24 hours, many discriminatory acts against Jewish people took place weeks after
  • German citizenship laws are modified

    German citizenship laws are modified
    In September 1935 citizenship in Germany was only granted to those that met requirements, this excluded Jewish people, Roma people, Homosexuals, etc.
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht
    When a Jewish boy attacked a Nazi soldier, Hitler initiated all of Germany to go on a rampage through Jewish towns
  • WWII Begins

    WWII Begins
    Germany invades and conquers Poland, which put Europe in the second world war
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    Deportation

    Between 1942 and 1944, trains carrying large amount Jewish people took them to one of six killing centers
  • Jewish people in Denmark are rescued

    Jewish people in Denmark are rescued
    Danish rescuers came to save 7220 Jewish people, 90% of Jewish people in Denmark were saved from Nazi concentration camps
  • Justice is brought

    Justice is brought
    Major Nazi war criminals are tried and sentenced to death for their crimes against humanity, to this day Nazi soldiers are being found