steven's Holocaust Timeline

1933, January 30: Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.

Jan 30, 1933

Hitler's rise to power marked the beginning of a dark era for Europe, as his government started implementing policies that discriminated against Jews and other minority groups.

1935, September 15: Nuremberg Laws are enacted

Sep 15, 1935

These laws officially exclude Jews from German citizenship and prohibit marriage or sexual relations between Jews and ethnic Germans.

1938, November 9-10: Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass).

Nov 9, 1938

A pogrom against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and Austria where Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues were destroyed, and many Jews were arrested or killed.

1939, September 1: Germany invades Poland, marking the start of World War II.

Sep 1, 1939

This invasion leads to the establishment of ghettos and the beginning of mass displacement and persecution of Polish Jews.

1941, June 22: Operation Barbarossa begins.

Jun 22, 1941

The German invasion of the Soviet Union leads to the mass murder of Soviet Jews by Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing units).

1942, January 20: Wannsee Conference.

Jan 20, 1942

Senior Nazi officials meet to discuss and coordinate the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question," the plan to systematically exterminate the Jewish population.

1944, June 6: D-Day.

Jun 6, 1944

Allied forces land in Normandy, France, marking a significant turning point in the war and the beginning of the liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe.

1945, April 30: Adolf Hitler commits suicide.

Apr 30, 1945

As Allied forces close in on Berlin, Hitler takes his own life, signaling the imminent end of the Third Reich.