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Schutzstaffel Organized
It was a military unit to protect the Nazi's at their meetings in Munich. Himmler became incharge of the group in 1929. The group was most responsible for the mass murders of the Jews during the Holocaust. -
Law against Dangerous Habitual Criminals
This gave judges permission to perform castration on criminals involved in sexual crimes. This included rape, sexual acts with children, and homosexuality. It was allowed for nazis to blackmail prisoners in concentration camps to be castrated. Lots of homosexuals were targeted. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
Hitler was appointed chancellor in the beginning with 1933. This was the start of Hitler's rise to power. -
Hitler Claims Emergency Powers
Hitler claimed emergency a little bit later in 1933. This turned Germany into a dictatorship. -
Boycott of Jewish Businesses
Germans boycotted Jewish-owned businesses and offices. Because of this, many small businesses were lost and the Jewish economy declined. -
Law for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseases
The sterilization of people with genetic disorders was permitted. Many of these disorders were not in fact genetic. Some of these were mental illnesses, blindness and deafness, and alcoholism. Over 400,000 people were sterilized against their will. -
Nuremberg Laws
It declared that only those of German blood were eligible to be citizens. It also classified Jews, Romani, and Black people as enemies of the state. The law had a crippling economic and social impact on the Jews. Many were convicted and sent to camps. -
Nazi’s Occupy Rhineland
German troops marched into Rhineland. This violated the Treaty of Versailles. Afterwards, Germany invaded more territories. This contributed to the build up to World War Two. -
Reichszentrale is created
It created the revival of persecution of homosexuals. The primary task was to find data on homosexuals. -
Madagascar Plan presented
The Nazi's wanted to move 4 million Jews from Europe to Madagascar. The plan was for the French to give Madagascar to Germany and the Jewish emigration would be forced. Since the Battle of Britain lasted longer than expected, the plan did not occur. -
Kristallnacht/The Night of Broken Glass
Nazi torched synagogues, vanzalized Jewish houses/schools/business and killed 100 Jews. 30,000 men were sent to concentration camps. -
Einsatzgruppen starts
Einsatzgruppen was formed as a mobile Nazi death squad that would go around and kill people that were deemed unworthy. The "unworthy" people were killed for no reason which increased the amount of people killed during WWII. -
St. Louis Ship (with Jews)
The St. Louis Ship carried 900 Jewish refugees from Germany. They tried to land in Cuba, America, and Canada, but were denied everywhere. The ship went back to Europe, and the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, and France accepted some of the refugees. Many were later caught by Nazis and killed in death camps. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invaded Poland to take the land. This marked the start of WWII. -
Yellow Star for German Jews
The badge was announced in Lodz. The badge made it easier for the Nazis to attack to Jews instead of just threatening them. The Jews felt humiliated and were constantly in danger. -
Auschwitz opens
Auschwitz opened in the spring. This was the main concentration camp during WWII. Due to the opening of this camp, millions of Jews and other minorities died. -
Lodz Ghetto Opens
230,000 Jews were in a confined fenced space where they had to pay for their own things. 25,000 people were transported in and they starved. Only 877 people survived. -
Babi Yar
The Babi Yar massacre was a when Nazis officials murdered 34,000 Jews on the outskirts of Kiev. Thousands of Jews were killed for no reason which impacted the dead Jews rate during the war. -
Wannsee Conference
A meeting held in a Berlin suburb of Wannsee between senior government Nazi officials and Schutzstaffel leaders. It was to determine what would happen with the final solution to the Jewish question, where Jews would be deported to Poland and murdered. -
Creation of the Zigeunerlager
The first concentration camp for Sinti and Romas was built. Since this camp was built, many Romas were killed which is called the Roma Genocide. -
Himmler Orders Liquidation of Ghettos
Himmler ordered the liquidation of ghettos. All the inhabitants were moved to concentration camps to get killed, and some of the ghettos were turned into camps. This is when the use of camps and mass killings started. -
Himmler Orders Destruction of Auschwitz
Himmler orders the destruction of Auschwitz because he wanted to destroy the evidence of mass killings. This happened when the Soviets were approaching the camp. That means no war crimes could be charged against the SS. -
Last Gassing at Auschwitz
It was the day of the death march so the gassing was over. This was ten days before the liberation. -
Dr Josef Mengele arrives at Auschwitz
He arrived in late January. He was in charge of picking prisoners to go to the gas chambers. He also did dangerous experiments on the prisoners (most of them died). Many innocent prisoners died because of Dr. Mengele and his experiments. -
Liberation of Auschwitz
The Soviets stumbled upon Auschwitz with no idea it existed. 7,500 survived. -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Hitler committed suicide toward the end of the war. The leader of Nazi Germany was dead, This was a huge event. -
International Military Tribunal
This was a series of trials that prosecuted the Axis powers for war crimes. None of the crimes went unrecognized which was a great thing in the eyes of people who were affected greatly by WWII. -
Adolf Eichmann captured
His job was to "get rid" of the Jews, so this capture had a big impact on the post-war time. -
Dr Josef Mengele Dies
Josef died in mid February long after the war. He died after suffering a stroke and drowning.