Schindler's List By cjkukuczka Jan 30, 1933 Hitler Comes into Power January 30, 1933: President Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler Chancellor of Germany. Period: Jan 30, 1933 to May 9, 1945 Holocaust Aug 1, 1936 Summer Olympics begin in Berlin. Aug 23, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Agreement. May 10, 1940 Germany attacks western Europe (France and the Low Countries). Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain begins. Sep 28, 1941 Einsatzgruppen shoot about 34,000 Jews at Babi Yar, outside Kiev. Jan 16, 1942 Germans begin the mass deportation of more than 65,000 Jews from Lodz to the Chelmno killing center. Jul 5, 1943 Battle of Kursk. Jan 27, 1945 Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz camp complex. May 9, 1945 Nazis Surrender