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Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles specifically designated Germany responsible for losses and damages from the war. It was designed to formally end WW1. Germany was made to pay war damages which reflected heavily on the nation, leading to fuelled Nazi propaganda which is to be believed that it was partially a cause of the second world war. -
Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf - A political manifesto written by Adolf Hitler outlining his political ideologies and future plans for Germany. In the text, it includes his hatred for communism and the jews and his overall main thesis is the Jewish Peril therefore a primary enemy. -
Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany
German President Paul von Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler as chancellor of Germany -
Antisemitic legislation
During Hitlers first several years in dictatorship, he enacted many anti-Jew laws such as:
- Jews not allowed to work for the state
- Jews stripped of citizenship
- Laws limiting Jews in public schools The antisemitic legislation laws lasted roughly 3 years
(1933 - 1935) -
Dachau concentration camp
This camp was initially intended to only serve Hitlers political opponents eg. communists and social democrats. Operating from 1933 to 1945 -
Hitler as Führur
Hitler proclaims himself as Führur und Reichskanzler of the German Reich (meaning Leader and Reich Chancellor) – this lead to armed forces that now must swear allegiance to him. When president Paul von Hindenburg died on the 2nd August, this gave Hitler the chance to pronounce himself as Furhur. -
WW2 begins
World War 2 - lasting from 1939 to 1945 involving a significant number of countries forming two opposing military alliances including the Allies and the Axis powers -
Establishment of Auschwitz
Auschwitz and the combined concentration camps of Birkenau and Monowitz + 40 other concentration/extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in Poland during WW2 and the Holocaust. Historians estimate that around 1.1 million people perished in Auschwitz. Auschwitz is known around the world as a symbol of Nazi genocide and especially the destruction of the Jews. -
Chelmno extermination camp
The Chelmno concentration camp used primarily gas chambers in the execution of killing people. It was the first stationary facility where poison gas was used for the mass murder of Jews. At Chelmno extermination camp, it is estimated 172,000 people were killed. -
Belzec extermination camp
One of the most intense concentration camps in the Holocaust - The Nazis killed at least 600,000 Jews in gas chambers. This concentration camp was the first of many to introduce forced labour for Polish Jews. -
Liberation of Auschwitz
Auschwtiz was liberated by the Red Army. Soviet forces began approaching Auschwitz leading to the SS evacuating the camp. SS units forced nearly 60,000 prisoners to march from the Auschwitz camp. Unfortunately, thousands had been killed in the camps days before these marches began. The date is recognised as International Holocaust Remembrance Day (27th January) -
Liberation of Dachau
Dachau concentration camp liberated by the American forces. German SS troops were killed by US soldiers at the camp. It is estimated that 35 - 50 troops were killed in this process. As the US forces approached the camp, they found over 30 railroad cars piled with bodies brought to Dachau in some kind of advanced state of decomposition. -
End of the Holocaust
The Holocaust officially ended on the 8th May 1945 along with WW2 ending several months after, concluding with around 6 million deaths among Jews and millions of others in the war. These incidents still remain present in todays man in humanity. This is a point of memory and still reflects into prejudice in todays world. The legacy of terror and genocide continues. -
End of WW2
World War 2 came to an end at the near end of 1945 - named Victory of Europe -
Nuremberg trials
The Nuremberg trials were held by the Allies against representatives of the defeated Nazi Germany, for plotting and carrying out invasions of other countries, and other crimes in WW2. The war crime trials lasted till 1 October 1946. The purpose of the trial was not to just convict the defendants but also to assemble irrefutable evidence of Nazi crimes -
Establishment of Israel
Declaration of the establishment of the state of Israel. "The right is the natural right of the jewish people to be masters of their own fate, like all other nations, in their own sovereign state."