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Hitler becomes Chancellor
Hitler becomes Chancellor -
Hitler Claims Emergency Powers
To win emergency powers, Chancellor Hitler needed a two-thirds vote of approval from parliament. With his new numbers in Parliament and the support of conservative and middle-road politicians, he spoke to parliament. -
Boycott of Jewish Businesses
Boycott of Jewish Businesses aimed to intimidate Germany's Jews and discourage the German public from shopping at Jewish businesses. -
Law for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseases
The forced sterilization of certain individuals with physical and mental disabilities. This new law provides a basis for the involuntary sterilization of people with physical and mental disabilities or mental illness, Roma (Gypsies), “asocial elements,” and Afro-Germans. -
Law against Dangerous Habitual Criminals
The new law allows courts to order the indefinite imprisonment of “habitual criminals” if they deem the person dangerous to society. It also provides for the castration of sex offenders. -
Schutzstaffel Organized
Schutzstaffel Organized -
Nuremberg Laws
The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honour prohibited marriages and extramarital intercourse between Jews and Germans, and forbade the employment of German females under 45 in Jewish households. -
Nazi’s Occupy Rhineland
Nazi’s Occupy Rhineland -
Reichszentrale is created
Reichszentrale is created -
Kristallnacht/The Night of Broken Glass
In two days, over 250 synagogues were burned, over 7,000 Jewish businesses were trashed and looted, dozens of Jewish people were killed, and Jewish cemeteries, hospitals, schools, and homes were looted while police and fire brigades stood by. -
St. Louis Ship (with Jews)
The German liner St. Louis sailed from Hamburg, Germany, to Havana, Cuba, carrying 937 passengers, almost all Jewish refugees. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland -
Einsatzgruppen, starts
Einsatzgruppen were special SS and police units tasked with securing occupied territories as German armed forces advanced in eastern Europe. -
Auschwitz opens
Auschwitz was a concentration camp in Poland operated by Nazi Germany. -
Madagascar Plan presented
Madagascar Plan presented -
Lodz Ghetto Opens
Lodz Ghetto Opens -
The Commisair Order
Was an order issued by the German High Command. -
Yellow Star for German Jews
The yellow star for German Jews was identification if they were a Jew or not. -
Babi Yar
Babi Yar is a ravine in the Ukrainian capital Kiev and a site of massacres carried out by German forces and local Ukrainian collaborators. -
Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of senior government officials of Nazi Germany and Schutzstaffel leaders, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee. -
Creation of the Zigeunerlager
Roma Not Citizens
Roma are sent to camps, like the Jews -
Dr Josef Mengele arrives at Auschwitz
Dr Josef Mengele arrives at Auschwitz -
Himmler Orders Liquidation of ghettos
Himmler Orders Liquidation of ghettos -
Last Gassing at Auschwitz
Last Gassing at Auschwitz -
Himmler Orders Destruction of Auschwitz
Himmler Orders Destruction of Auschwitz -
Liberation of Auschwitz
Liberation of Auschwitz -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Hitler Commits Suicide -
International Military Tribunal
Germany begins a trial of 21 of 24 indicted on major Nazi German Leaders on war crimes. -
Adolf Eichmann captured
Adolf Eichmann captured -
Dr Josef Mengele Dies
Dr Josef Mengele Dies