Holocaust Timeline

  • Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor

    Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor
    Adolf Hitler as Chancellor at the head of a coalition government and the Nazis and the German Nationalist People's Party.
  • Establishment of Dachau Camp

    Establishment of Dachau Camp
    Dachau was the only concentration camp to remain in operation during the entire period of Nazi power.
  • Anti-Jewish Boycott

    Anti-Jewish Boycott
    Although the national boycott campaign lasted only one day and was ignored by many individual Germans who continued to shop in Jewish-owned stores and seek the services of Jewish professionals.
  • Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil service

    Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil service
    German law excludes Jews and other political opponents from civil service positions.
  • Law Limits Jews in Public Schools

     Law Limits Jews in Public Schools
    The Law against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities limits the number of Jewish students in public schools.
  • Book Burning

    Book Burning
    Books deemed "un-German" are publicly burned throughout Germany.
  • Law for the "Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Diseases"

    Law for the "Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Diseases"
    New German law mandates the forced sterilization of certain individuals with physical and mental disabilities.