The Holocaust By aicalways17 Jan 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany Mar 20, 1933 SS opens the Dachau concentration camp outside of Munich. Apr 1, 1933 Abandonment of Jewish owned shops and businesses in Germany. Apr 7, 1933 Law for the Reestablishment of the Professional Civil Service. Jul 14, 1933 Law for the Prevention of Progeny with Hereditary Diseases. Mar 16, 1935 Germany introduces military conscription Sep 15, 1935 Nuremberg Race laws Mar 7, 1936 German troops march unopposed into the Rhineland Mar 12, 1938 Germany incorporates Austria in the Anschluss (Union) Aug 23, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Non aggression Agreement Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland, starting World War II in Europe Oct 8, 1939 Germans establish a ghetto in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland Jun 6, 1941 Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing units) shoot nearly 3,000 Jews at the Seventh Fort Sep 28, 1941 Einsatzgruppen shoot 34,000 Jews at Babi Yar, outside Kiev Nov 7, 1941 Einsatzgruppen round up 13,000 Jews from the Minsk ghetto and kill them in nearby Tuchinki Nov 30, 1941 Einsatzgruppen shoot 10,000 Jews from the Riga ghetto in the Rumbula Forest Dec 6, 1941 Soviet winter counteroffensive Dec 8, 1941 The first killing operations begin at Chelmno in occupied Poland Jan 16, 1942 Germans begin the mass deportation of over 65,000 Jews from Lodz to the Chelmno killing camp Mar 27, 1942 Germans begin the deportation of over 65,000 Jews from Drancy, to the east Jul 15, 1942 Germans begin mass deportations of nearly 100,000 Jews from the occupied Netherlands to the east Jul 22, 1942 Germans begin the mass deportation of over 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw ghetto to the Treblinka killing center Sep 12, 1942 Germans complete the mass deportation of about 265,000 Jews from Warsaw to Treblinka Apr 19, 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising begins Oct 1, 1943 Rescue of Jews in Denmark Mar 19, 1944 Germany forces occupy Hungary May 15, 1944 Germans begin the mass deportation of about 440,000 Jews from Hungary Jan 18, 1945 Death march of nearly 60,000 prisoners from the Auschwitz camp system in southern Poland Jan 27, 1945 Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz camp complex Apr 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide May 7, 1945 Germany surrenders to the western Allies May 9, 1945 Germany surrenders to the Soviets
