Timeline of Holocaust By willmcgregor Jan 30, 1933 President Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler Chancellor of Germany Mar 20, 1933 SS opens the Dachau concentration camp outside of Munich. Apr 1, 1933 Boycott of Jewish-owned shops and businesses in Germany Apr 7, 1933 Law for the Reestablishment of the Professional Civil Service Sep 15, 1935 Nuremberg Race Laws Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland, starting World War II in Europe Jul 6, 1941 Einsatzgruppen shoot nearly 3,000 Jews at the Seventh Fort Sep 23, 1941 Einsatzgruppe shoot about 34,000 Jews at Babi Yar Nov 7, 1941 Einsatzgruppen round up 13,000 Jews from the Minsk ghetto and kill them in nearby Tuchinki Jan 16, 1942 Germans begin the mass deportation of more than 65,000 Jews from Lodz to the Chelmno killing center Mar 27, 1942 Germans begin the deportation of more than 65,000 Jews from Drancy, outside Paris, to the east (primarily to Auschwitz) Jul 15, 1942 Germans begin mass deportations of nearly 100,000 Jews from the occupied Netherlands to the east (primarily to Auschwitz) Jul 22, 1942 Germans begin the mass deportation of over 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw ghetto to the Treblinka killing center Sep 12, 1942 Germans complete the mass deportation of about 265,000 Jews from Warsaw to Treblinka Jan 18, 1945 Death march of nearly 60,000 prisoners from the Auschwitz camp system in southern Poland Jan 25, 1945 Death march of nearly 50,000 prisoners from the Stutthof camp system in northern Poland Jan 27, 1945 Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz camp complex Apr 29, 1945 American forces liberate the Dachau concentration camp Apr 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide