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Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany
President Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler Chancellor of Germany. Blames the Jews for Germany's loss in WWII -
First Nazi Concentration Camp Opens
Opens in Dachau, a small village located near Munich . The first commandant of Dachau is Theodor Eicke. At first interned only known political opponents of the Nazis: Communists, Social Democrats, and others who had been condemned in a court of law. Later imprisoned Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, Gypsies, and other groups. -
Hitler becomes Führer
The elderly German President von Hindenburg dies and Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party come into power -
Nuremberg Laws Enacted
First anti-Jewish racial laws enacted; Jews no longer considered German citizens; Jews could not marry Aryans; nor could they fly the German flag -
Gestapo Gains Power
The German Gestapo is placed above the law -
Germany Announces Union with Austria
Nazi troops enter Austria, which has a population of 200,000 Jews, mainly living in Vienna -
New Union with Austria Causes Persecution of Austrian Jews
Following Anschluss(union) which joined Germany and Austria, Jews in Austria were persecuted and victimised -
Jews Forced to Register Wealth and Property
Mandatory registration of all property held by Jews inside the Reich
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Italy Enacts Antisemitic Laws
Mussolini orders new antisemitic laws -
Nazi Troops Occupy the Sudetenland
Hitler had been eyeing the northwestern area of Czechoslovakia, called the Sudetenland, which had three million German-speaking citizens -
The Night of Broken Glass
Kristallnacht - A massive, coordinated attack on Jews throughout the German Reich. -
Jews Are Blamed for "The Night of Broken Glass"
Nazis fine Jews one billion marks for damages related to Kristallnacht -
Slovakia Passes Own Nuremberg Laws
Hitler's ideas spread to near countries, promoting the hatred of Jews -
WWII Starts
Germany invades Poland and WWII officially begins -
Germany Deports Jews to Poland
Germany begins deportation of Austrian and Czech Jews to Poland -
Yellow Star Introduced
Jews in Poland forced to sew a yellow star to all their clothes to be easily identified -
Lodz Ghetto
The Lodz Ghetto in occupied Poland is sealed off from the outside world with 230,000 Jews locked inside -
Auschwitz Camp Opened
A new concentration camp is opened in Poland -
Warsaw Ghetto
The Warsaw Ghetto, containing over 400,000 Jews, is sealed off. -
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Anti-Jewish Riots in Romania
Hundreds of Jews butchered in this pogrom
Jewish hate has risen immensly in the past years since Hitler came into power in Germany -
Majdanek Camp Opened
In occupied Poland near Lublin, Majdanek concentration camp becomes operational -
Deportation of German Jews
The Jews of Wuerzburg were stripped of any valuables and all personal papers except identification cards and then deported -
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Mass Gassing
Mass-gassing of Jews began at Auschwitz-Birkenau -
German Jews Banned From Using Public Transportation
Could not use any public transportation like trains and such -
Sobibor Camp Opens
In occupied Poland, Sobibor extermination camp becomes operational. The camp is fitted with three gas chambers using carbon monoxide piped in from engines -
Treblinka Camp Opens
Treblinka extermination camp opened in occupied Poland, east of Warsaw. The camp is fitted with two buildings containing 10 gas chambers, each holding 200 persons. Carbon monoxide gas is piped in from engines placed outside the chamber. Bodies are burned in open pits. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
On Passover, over 2000 Waffen SS soldiers attacked with tanks, artillery and flame throwers at the Warsaw Ghetto. The Jews fought back for 28 days, but eventually the soldiers conquered -
Sobibor Revolt
Massive escape from Sobibor as Jews and Soviet POWs break out, with 300 making it safely into nearby woods. Of those 300, fifty will survive. Exterminations then cease at Sobibor, after over 250,000 deaths. All traces of the death camp are then removed and trees are planted. -
Operation Harvest Festival
Nazis carry this out in occupied Poland, killing 42,000 Jews. -
Hungarian Jews Deported
Nazis begin deporting Hungarian Jews; by June 27, 380,000 sent to Auschwitz. -
D-Day
Allied invasion at Normandy. -
A Death March
Beginning of death march of approximately 40,000 Jews from Budapest to Austria. -
Auschwitz Freed
Evacuation of Auschwitz; beginning of death march -
Adolf Hitler Dead
Hitler commits suicide along with newlywed wife Eva Braun -
END OF WWII
Japan surrenders; end of World War II
