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Schutzstaffel Organized
The Schutzstaffel or the SS was the Nazi party's paramilitary group. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
Hitler is appointed Chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg after being elected to Germany's parliment. -
Hitler Claims Emergency Powers
For Hitler to claim emergency powers he need an 2/3rds majority in the parliment. He got the 2/3rds by arresting his opponents(comunists) and saying he would unite Germany. -
Boycott of Jewish Business
The boycott of Jewish business to force them out of business. -
Law for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseases
This law forced the killing of anyone with hereditary diseases. Including mental and physical diseases. -
Law against Dangerous Habitual Criminals
Gave the courts the ablity to order the indefinte inprisonment of anyone the deemed a donger to society. -
Creation of Zigeunerlager
The Zigeunerlager was a death camp for people of Roma and Senti ethnic groups. -
Nuremberg Laws
Restricted things Jews/Roma/Afro-Germans could do. Form of ethinic clensing. Citizenship striped from them. -
Reichszentrale is created
Reichszentrale was a German government agency that fought against Abortian and Homosexuality. -
Nazi’s Occupy Rhineland
Germany remilitarizes the Rhineland. The Rhineland is a stretch of Germany that borders France. -
Einsatzgruppen, starts
The Einsatzgruppen was the personal killing group of the Nazi's. Massacred many Jews and other ethinic groups. -
Kristallnacht/The Night of Broken Glass
Germans ransacked Jewish Business. Jews then forced to pay fines for the mess. -
St. Louis Ship
The MS St. Louis was a German ocean liner that was carrying 900 Jews. It tried to drop them off in many countrys but they were rejected in everyone. Eventually had to return to German occupied France. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland and starts the Second World War. -
Lodz Ghetto Opens
The second largest Ghetto in Europe(Poland). Housed almost 68,000 People -
Madagascar Plan presented
The Madagascar Plan was a plan to relocate the European Jewish population to Madagascar. -
Opening of Auschwitz
The death camp Auschwitz opens. Over 1 million people die here. -
The Commisair Order
This order said that any Soviet leaders captured during the invasion should be excuted. -
Yellow Star for German Jews
All german Jews had to wear a yellow star that signified they were Jewish. -
Babi Yar
The Einsatzgruppen killed over 34,000 Jews in two days. -
Wannsee Conference
A meeting between top German officials were they talked about the "final solution" to the Jew problem. -
Himmler Orders Liquidation of ghettos
The ghettos were cleared out. The people inside were either deported to concentration camps or killed. -
Dr Josef Mengele arrives at Auschwitz
Dr. Mengele was a sadistic doctor who experimented with camp prisoners for medical advances. -
Last Gassing at Auschwitz
Prisoners were gassed for the last time at Auschwitz. -
Himmler Orders Destruction of Auschwitz
Himmler orders Auschwitz to be destroyed to eliminate evidence of mass murder. -
Liberation of Auschwitz
The Soviet army liberated the death camp Auschwitz and its 7,000 occupants. -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Hitler commits suicide with his wife in his bunker as troops closed in on Berlin. -
International Military Tribunal
A public trial of 24 major German leaders who faced charges including crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. -
Adolf Eichmann Captured
Adolf Eichmann was captured by the Mossad(Isreal) in Argentina. He was found guilty of war crimes and was excuted. -
Dr Josef Mengele Dies
Mengele dies after suffering a stroke in the water, and drowing in Brazil.