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The Holocaust

  • Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany
  • Nazis open Dachau concentration camp near Munich

    Nazis open Dachau concentration camp near Munich
  • German Parliament passes Enabling Act giving Hitler dictatorial powers

    German Parliament passes Enabling Act giving Hitler dictatorial powers
  • Nazis stage boycott of Jewish shops and businesses.

    Nazis stage boycott of Jewish shops and businesses.
  • Nazi Party is declared the only legal party in Germany

    Nazi Party is declared the only legal party in Germany
  • Nazis prohibit Jews from owning land

    Nazis prohibit Jews from owning land
  • Jews are prohibited from getting legal qualifications

    Jews are prohibited from getting legal qualifications
  • German President von Hindenburg dies. Hitler becomes Führer.

    German President von Hindenburg dies. Hitler becomes Führer.
  • Nazis order Jews to register wealth and property

    Nazis order Jews to register wealth and property
  • Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass.

    Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass.
  • Hermann Göring takes charge of resolving the "Jewish Question."

    Hermann Göring takes charge of resolving the "Jewish Question."
  • First deportation of German Jews into occupied Poland

    First deportation of German Jews into occupied Poland
  • The Warsaw Ghetto, containing over 400,000 Jews, is sealed off

    The Warsaw Ghetto, containing over 400,000 Jews, is sealed off
  • German Jews ordered into forced labor

    German Jews ordered into forced labor
  • Göring instructs Heydrich to prepare for Final Solution.

    Göring instructs Heydrich to prepare for Final Solution.
  • Jews take there are placed in mobile gas vans and driven to a burial place while carbon monoxide from the engine exhaust is fed into the sealed rear compartment, killing them

    Jews take there are placed in mobile gas vans and driven to a burial place while carbon monoxide from the engine exhaust is fed into the sealed rear compartment, killing them
  • Mass killings of Jews using Zyklon-B begin at Auschwitz

    Mass killings of Jews using Zyklon-B begin at Auschwitz
  • Last use of the gas chambers at Auschwitz

    Last use of the gas chambers at Auschwitz
  • Russian troops liberate Auschwitz. By this time, an estimated 2,000,000 persons, including 1,500,000 Jews, have been murdered there.

    Russian troops liberate Auschwitz. By this time, an estimated 2,000,000 persons, including 1,500,000 Jews, have been murdered there.
  • Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker.

    Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker.