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The Holocaust
The Holocaust, known in Hebrew as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population. -
Adolf Hitler was appointed to Hitler which gave him and the Nazi more power.
Recently appointed as German chancellor, Adolf Hitler greets President Paul von Hindenburg in Potsdam, Germany, on March 21, 1933. -
Dachau concentration camp is opened. It was the first and longest working concretation camp.
Prisoners carrying bowls in the Dachau concentration camp. Dachau, Germany, between 1933 and 1940. -
The Enabling Act was passed which gave Hitler the power to create laws without the governments permission.
Chancellor Adolf Hitler in Berlin, 24 March 1933. -
The Nuremberg Laws were passed to seperate everyone depending on there "blood" and ancestry.
Law for the Safeguard of German Blood and German Honor barred marriage between Jews and other Germans. -
The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp was opened
Sachsenhausen prisoners in the dining room, 1939-1940 (Photo: Gedenkstatte und Museum Sachsenhausen, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives.) -
The Mauthausen Concentration Camp was opened
A view of the quarry at the Mauthausen concentration camp, where prisoners were subjected to forced labor. -
Romania joins the Axis alliance
In Hitler's presence, Romanian ruler Ion Antonescu signs the Three-Power Agreement. Berlin, Germany, November 23, 1940. -
Hitler kills himself.
ADOLF HITLER DEAD IN BERLIN!