Timeline of Genocide (WWII) - Rager

By 22Jrager

  • Schutzstaffel Organized

    April 4th, 1925. Hitler’s secret police known as the SS, are created.

  • Boycott of Jewish Businesses

    The Boycott was used to intimidate the Jews. Severely damaged Jewish businesses

  • Hitler becomes Chancellor

    January 30th, 1933. President Paul Von Hindenburg appoints hitler as chancelor.

  • Hitler Claims Emergency Powers

    23rd of March, 1933. German Parliament Signs in Adolf HItler for Emergency Power.

  • Law for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseases

    July 14th, 1933. Forced sterilization of everyone deemed to have a hereditary mental illness. This impacted the entire population of germany who was handicapped

  • Law against Dangerous Habitual Criminals

    November 24th, 1933. If someone is deemed “A danger to society,” they can be imprisoned. This impacted everyone as they now had to act even more in accordance to the law.

  • Zigeunerlager

    Sinti and Roma were put into camps where they would be isolated and exterminated.

  • Nuremberg Laws

    Sept.15, 1935.The Nazis announce new laws that revoke Reich citizenship for Jews and prohibit Jews from marrying or having sexual relations with persons of "German or related blood".

  • Nazi’s Occupy Rhineland

    1. Adolf Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles and reoccupies the rhineland.

  • Reichszentrale is created

    October 10th, 1936 Reich Central Office for the Combating of Homosexuality and Abortion.

  • Kristallnacht

    "On November 9 to November 10, 1938, in an incident known as “Kristallnacht”, Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews."

  • Einsatzgruppen, starts

    Founded 1939. These squads carried out the murder of Jews, Roma, and politcal opponents of the German Reich.

  • Yellow Star for German Jews

    1939-1945. German Jews were issued to wear a yellow star patch on their arms at all times so everyone could know that they were Jewish.

  • St. Louis Ship

    May 13th, 1939. Jews on board the MS St. Louis Ship set sail for Havana Cuba with approx. 900 passengers, the jews were denied entry to Cuba.

  • Germany invades Poland

    September 1st 1939- October 6th 1939. German/Soviet victory. Poland was now out of the way.
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    WWII - Genocide

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  • Auschwitz Opens

    1940, concentration camp for Jews and many other groups of people.

  • Lodz Ghetto Opens

    Feb-May 1940. Ghetto set up for Polish Jews and Roma.

  • Madagascar Plan presented

    August 1940. The German Reich wanted to relocate the entire Jewish population of Europe to the island of Madagascar just off the coast of Africa.

  • Babi Yar

    Kiev, 1941. Massacre of nearly 34,000 Jewish men, women, and children.

  • The Commisair Order

    June 6th, 1941. Instructed the German military leadership – in clear violation of international law – to engage in the systematic persecution and murder of Soviet political commissars

  • Wannsee Conference

    January 20th, 1942. This brought for the “Final Solution” which was the murder of all European Jews to cleanse to Aryan race.

  • Dr Josef Mengele arrives at Auschwitz

    May 30th, 1943. Mengele is transfered to Auschwitz. He conducted inhumane experiments on the prisoners, this affected most prisoners especially twins.

  • Himmler Orders Liquidation of ghettos

    June 21st, 1943. Jews were moved from ghettos to concentration camps.

  • Last Gassing at Auschwitz

    At the end of October 1944, Heinrich Himmler had ordered gassing with Zyklon-B to be stopped

  • Himmler Orders Destruction of Auschwitz

    November 25th, 1944. Himmler orders the destruction of Auschwitz’s gas chambers and crematoria as the Soviets close in.

  • Liberation of Auschwitz

    January 27th, 1945. The Soviets entered and liberated Auschwitz and saved more than 7,000 Prisoners.

  • Hitler Commits Suicide

    April 30th, 1945. Hitler Commited Suicide in the Fuhrer Bunker as Allied troops were closing in on Berlin.

  • International Military Tribunal

    November 20th, 1945. “Nazi German leaders on charges of crimes against peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and conspiracy to commit each of these crimes.

  • Adolf Eichmann captured

    On may 23rd, 1960, Eichmann was captured.

  • Dr Josef Mengele Dies

    Febuary 7th, 1979. Death not verified until ‘85. Supposedly had a stroke while swimming in a pool in Brazil. Those hurt by Mengele, indirectly or directly, could now sleep soundly knowing he was dead.