Night And Holocaust Timeline

Hitler is Chancellor of Gremany

Jan 30, 1933

Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor

First Concentration Camp

Mar 20, 1933

The first permanent concentration camp, Dachau, is established.

Holocaust

Period: Mar 20, 1933 to May 8, 1945

•It is estimated that 11 million people were killed during the Holocaust. Six million of these were JewsNazi Party in Germany killed off millions of Jews, Catholics, Gypsis, ect.

Gestapo

Apr 26, 1933

Formation of the Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei)

Outlaw of Political Parties

Jun 1, 1933

Hitler outlaws all political parties other than the Nazi Party

Hitler is President

Aug 3, 1934

Hitler assumes powers of both President and Chancellor

Olymics

Aug 1, 1936

The summer Olympic games are hosted in Berlin

Buchenwald

Jul 16, 1937

Buchenwald camp opens

Annexation

Mar 13, 1938

Annexation of Austria (Anschluss)

Jewish Children

Nov 15, 1938

Jewish children expelled from German schools

Ravensbrück

May 15, 1939

Ravensbrück camp established

WAR

Sep 3, 1939

Great Britain, France, and the British Dominions declare war on Germany

Star of David

Nov 23, 1939

forced to wear armbands bearing the Star of David for identification.

Auschwitz

Apr 27, 1940

Auschwitz concentration camp is established near the Polish city Oswiecim

Elie Studies Kabbalah

Feb 10, 1941

Twelve-year-old Elie Wiesel begins studying the Kabbalah.

Birkenau

Mar 1, 1941

Himmler orders a camp at Birkenau (Auschwitz II)

Yellow Star of David

Sep 19, 1941

Jews who are six years old or older must wear a yellow Star of David

Jewish Emigration

Oct 23, 1941

Jewish emigration from Germany prohibited

USA and War

Dec 8, 1941

autumn. The U.S. enters World War II on December 8,

Auschwitz

Mar 1, 1942

First transport of Gypsies to Auschwitz - placed in Auschwitz II

Battle of Stalingrad

Period: Sep 15, 1942 to Jan 31, 1943

The battle is considered to be the turning point of World War II. Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad

Alfred and Rudolf

Apr 7, 1944

Alfred Wetzler and Rudolf Vrba escape from Auschwitz - their descriptions of Auschwitz reach the world
Known as Auschwitz Protocals

Deportation

May 15, 1944

he and his family are deported in May 1944 by the Hungarian gendarmerie and the German SS and police from Sighet to Auschwitz. His mother and younger sister perish; his two older sisters survive.

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe that began on D-Day -- June 6, 1944 -- on the beaches of Normandy, France160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy

Warsaw-Kutno

Aug 1, 1944

First major death march begins - Warsaw to Kutno

Gassings

Nov 2, 1944

Gassings at Auschwitz terminated

Transports from Auschwitz

Jan 10, 1945

Elie and his father are transferred to Buchenwald concentration camp

Soviet Troops and Auschwitz

Jan 27, 1945

Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz

Yalta Conference

Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 12, 1945

The Yalta conferees confirmed the policy adopted at the Casablanca Conference of demanding Germany's unconditional surrenderRead more: Yalta Conference — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0852937.html#ixzz1rgsg5F6Pwas the wartime meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and General Secretary Joseph Stalin,

US Troops Save the day

Apr 11, 1945

he and his family are deported in May 1944 by the Hungarian gendarmerie and the German SS and police from Sighet to Auschwitz. His mother and younger sister perish; his two older sisters survive.

Surrender

May 7, 1945

Germany surrenders