Gas chamber

The Holocaust

By Mmoyer54

  • Hitler becomes Chancellor

    Hitler becomes Chancellor
    Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi party becomes Chancellor of Germany.

  • Aryanization of Germany

    Aryanization of Germany
    Throughout the 1930s, the Nazis increased persecution of Jewish people and added territories like Austria to Hitler's "Greater Germany"

  • World War II Begins

    Germany's invasion of Poland officially began World War II and accelerated the Holocaust

  • Building of Jewish Ghettos

    Building of Jewish Ghettos
    Throughout Spring and Summer of 1940, Jews were rounded up and forced to live in Ghettos

  • Hitler Asks For A Final Solution

    Hitler Asks For A Final Solution
    Einsatzgruppen, or Mobile killing units had been carrying out mass shootings through most of 1941 when Hitler asked for a Final Solution, a more efficient way of killing Jews.

  • Gas Chambers Begin Operation

    Gas Chambers Begin Operation
    The first Gas Chambers begin operation in Belzec.

  • Camps Liberated

    Camps Liberated
    As the War draws to a close, concentration camps are liberated beginning in the fall of 1944

  • War Ends

    War Ends
    Germany surrendered unconditionally May 7th 1945. The Holocaust was over after claiming over 11 Million lives.
    http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/the-holocaust
    http://www.theholocaustexplained.org/ks4/what-was-the-holocaust/#.V403e-IrLX5
    https://www.ushmm.org/learn/holocaust-encyclopedia