The Holocaust

Hitler is named chancellor of Germany

Jan 30, 1933

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The Holocaust

Period: Jan 30, 1933 to May 8, 1945

The Reichstag, the German parliament, building burned down

Feb 27, 1933

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The Nuremberg Laws, anti-Jewish legislation, was enacted

Sep 15, 1935

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Kristallnacht, the night of crystal glass

Nov 10, 1938

The attack on Jews became violent and Jews were being sent to concentration camps and ghettos.
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Germany invaded Poland, beginning World War II

Sep 30, 1939

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Jewish attacked the Soviet Union and began the "Final Solution"

Jun 2, 1941

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Wannsee Conference organized the mass murder of the Jews

Jan 20, 1942

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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; many Germans entered ghettos to free thousands of Jews

Sep 1, 1942

Auschwitz was liberated by the Soviets

Jan 1, 1945

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