the holocaust timeline.

Mar 11, 1902

Carl Gärtig was born in Weidau, Germany
Jan 30, 1933

Appointment of Hitler as chancellor of Germany
Feb 28, 1933

Reichstag Fire Decree: declaration of the state of emergency and suspension of civil liberties.
Mar 2, 1933

Dachau Concentration Camp opened.
Mar 23, 1933

Enabling act
Mar 28, 1933

Carl was arrested for publishing and distributing anti - Nazi material
Apr 1, 1933

first boycotts of Jewish businesses.
Apr 7, 1933

Approval of Civil Service Law: it removed Jews and political opponents of the Nazis from civil service positions and government jobs.
Apr 25, 1933

Approval of the Education Law: it stated that Jewish students could not be more than 5% of the student population of any public school or university, being forced to leave public schools.
Jul 14, 1933

Approval of the Sterilization Law: it allowed the Government to forcibly sterilize people with physical or mental disabilities not to have children.
Oct 4, 1933

Approval of the Press Censorship Law.
Aug 2, 1934

Adolf Hitler, proclaimed “Führer”.
1935

Carl was arrested again
Mar 16, 1935

Approval of the mandatory military service.
Apr 1, 1935

Prohibition of Jehovah’s witness organization.
Jun 28, 1935

Reinforcement of the prohibition of activities qualified as “homosexual”, being excluded of being accounted as German population.
Sep 15, 1935

approval of the Laws of Nuremberg.
Mar 12, 1938

Annexation of Austria.
Jun 28, 1938

Polish Jews deported from Germany.
Aug 17, 1938

Jewish Name Law: it forced the Jews who did not have a Jewish first name to take the middle names “Israel” for men and “Sara” for women.
Sep 29, 1938

Sudetenland, ceded to Germany.
Nov 9, 1938

Kristallnacht.
Nov 10, 1938

Kristallnacht.
Mar 15, 1939

Germany annexed Czechoslovakia.
Aug 23, 1939

German-Soviet Pact of Non-Agression.
Sep 1, 1939

Approval of the Euthanasia Decree or “Operation T-4”. It would cause 250,000 deaths.
Sep 1, 1939

Germany invaded Poland. Beginning of the World War II.
Apr 9, 1940

Germany invaded Norway and Denmark.
May 10, 1940

Germany invaded Western Europe.
Jun 10, 1940

Italy declared war on Britain and France.
Jun 14, 1940

First prisoners arrive at Auschwitz.
Sep 27, 1940

Axis alliance (Germany, Italy and Japan) is definitely formed.
Apr 6, 1941

Germany invaded Yugoslavia and Greece.
Jun 22, 1941

Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
Sep 1, 1941

Jewish badge, mandatory for Jewish population.
Dec 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor attack by Japan. USA ented into the World War II.
Dec 8, 1941

Mass murder began at Chelmno, the first stationary facility where the Nazis used poison gas for mass murder.
Jan 20, 1942

Wannsee Conference: approval of mass murder of Jews (“Final Solution”).
Mar 17, 1942

Beginning of “Operation Reinhard”, name of the plan to murder approximately two million of Jews in German-occupied Poland.
Nov 8, 1942

Allied forces invaded North Africa.
Dec 17, 1942

Allies condemned in an official declaration the mass murder.
Feb 2, 1943

German defeat at Stalingrad.
Feb 26, 1943

first transport of Gypsies to Auschwitz.
Apr 19, 1943

Beginning of the Warsaw ghetto uprise.
Jul 9, 1943

Invasion of Sicily by Allied forces.
Jul 10, 1943

Invasion of Sicily by Allied forces.
Sep 8, 1943

Surrender of Italy.
Mar 19, 1944

Germany occupied Hungary.
Jun 6, 1944

Beginning of the Normandy landings.
1945

Carl was liberated
Jan 27, 1945

Liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops.
Apr 11, 1945

Liberation of Buchenwald by American troops.
May 7, 1945

Surrender of Germany. End of the World War II in Europe.
1981

Carl died

Carl Gärtig was born in Weidau, Germany

Appointment of Hitler as chancellor of Germany

Reichstag Fire Decree: declaration of the state of emergency and suspension of civil liberties.

Dachau Concentration Camp opened.

Enabling act

Carl was arrested for publishing and distributing anti - Nazi material

first boycotts of Jewish businesses.

Approval of Civil Service Law: it removed Jews and political opponents of the Nazis from civil service positions and government jobs.

Approval of the Education Law: it stated that Jewish students could not be more than 5% of the student population of any public school or university, being forced to leave public schools.

Approval of the Sterilization Law: it allowed the Government to forcibly sterilize people with physical or mental disabilities not to have children.

Approval of the Press Censorship Law.

Adolf Hitler, proclaimed “Führer”.

Carl was arrested again

Approval of the mandatory military service.

Prohibition of Jehovah’s witness organization.

Reinforcement of the prohibition of activities qualified as “homosexual”, being excluded of being accounted as German population.

approval of the Laws of Nuremberg.

Annexation of Austria.

Polish Jews deported from Germany.

Jewish Name Law: it forced the Jews who did not have a Jewish first name to take the middle names “Israel” for men and “Sara” for women.

Sudetenland, ceded to Germany.

Kristallnacht.

Kristallnacht.

Germany annexed Czechoslovakia.

German-Soviet Pact of Non-Agression.

Approval of the Euthanasia Decree or “Operation T-4”. It would cause 250,000 deaths.

Germany invaded Poland. Beginning of the World War II.

Germany invaded Norway and Denmark.

Germany invaded Western Europe.

Italy declared war on Britain and France.

First prisoners arrive at Auschwitz.

Axis alliance (Germany, Italy and Japan) is definitely formed.

Germany invaded Yugoslavia and Greece.

Germany invaded the Soviet Union.

Jewish badge, mandatory for Jewish population.

Pearl Harbor attack by Japan. USA ented into the World War II.

Mass murder began at Chelmno, the first stationary facility where the Nazis used poison gas for mass murder.

Wannsee Conference: approval of mass murder of Jews (“Final Solution”).

Beginning of “Operation Reinhard”, name of the plan to murder approximately two million of Jews in German-occupied Poland.

Allied forces invaded North Africa.

Allies condemned in an official declaration the mass murder.

German defeat at Stalingrad.

first transport of Gypsies to Auschwitz.

Beginning of the Warsaw ghetto uprise.

Invasion of Sicily by Allied forces.

Invasion of Sicily by Allied forces.

Surrender of Italy.

Germany occupied Hungary.

Beginning of the Normandy landings.

Carl was liberated

Liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops.

Liberation of Buchenwald by American troops.

Surrender of Germany. End of the World War II in Europe.

Carl died