Holocaust Timeline

  • Hitler Comes to Power

    Hitler Comes to Power
    Hitler was appointed chancellor then all the social parties passed the enabling act which gave Hitler power to rule.
  • The Nuremburg Race Law

    The Nuremburg Race Law
    Any person that had any Jewish ancestry from their grandparents would be defined as a Jew.
  • Jews Attempt Escape

    Jews Attempt Escape
    Jews wait in Vienna to get a visa to leave. Once the ship "St. Louis" left, it carried many Jews on board. Cubans and the U.S. denied access to them though,
  • The Night of Broken Glass

    The Night of Broken Glass
    Hitler tried to get people to stop buying from Jewish stores. When it didn't work, he sent some people to destroy and vandalize Jewish businesses.
  • Final Solution

    Final Solution
    Once Germany lost the war, they resort to the "Final Solution". That sent all Jews to the "ghetto" and locked them in.
  • Invading the Soviet Union

    Invading the Soviet Union
    Hitler couldn't make camps in the soviet union so he instead sent SS mobile killing squads and police to gather and kill all Jews.
  • Deportations

    Deportations
    80 to 100 people were crammed in small trains and many Jews were killed due to the conditions of the trains.
  • Killing of Many Jews

    Killing of Many Jews
    Jews were sent on death marches to evacuate from a concentration camp to another so that the Allied forces don't find out about them. When the allied forces got too far, they started killing them instead of moving them.
  • Postwar Trials

    Postwar Trials
    Nazi officials listen to the proceedings at the International Military Tribunal and many war criminals were charged.