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Hitler becomes Chancellor
Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany a nation with a Jewish population of 566,000. -
Hitler Claims Emergency Powers
Emergency powers granted to Hitler as a result of the Reichstag fire. -
Boycott of Jewish Businesses
Nazis stage boycott of Jewish shops and businesses. -
Law against Dangerous Habitual Criminals
Nazis pass a Law against habitual and dangerous Criminals, which allows beggars, the homeless, alcoholics and the unemployed to be sent to concentration camps -
Schutzstaffel Organized
The SS (Schutzstaffel) is made an independent organization from the SA -
Law for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseases
Nazis pass law allowing forced abortions on women to prevent them from passing on hereditary diseases. -
Nuremberg Laws
Nuremberg Race Laws against Jews decreed -
Reichs Zentrale is created
The Reich central office is created -
Nazi’s Occupy Rhineland
Nazis occupy the Rhineland -
Kristallnacht/The Night of Broken Glass
The destruction of Jewish nomes and businesses in Munich, and the beating of Jewish people. -
St. Louis Ship (with Jews)
a ship crowded with 930 Jewish refugees, is turned away by Cuba, the United States and other countries and returns to Europe -
Germany invades Poland
When Germany invades Poland -
Einsatzgruppen, starts
Heydrich issues instructions to the special action squads to gather Jews in Poland into ghettos. -
Madagascar Plan presented
Eichmann's Madagascar Plan is presented -
Auschwitz opens
Nazis choose a town in Poland as the site of a new concentration camp called Auschwitz. -
Lodz Ghetto Opens
The Lodz Ghetto opens with 230000 Jews inside -
The Commissar Order
an order that authorizes execution of anyone suspected of being a Communist official in territories about to be seized from Soviet Russia. -
Yellow Star for German Jews
Jews from germany are required to wear a yellow star to indicate that they are Jewish -
Babi Yar
SS Einsatzgruppen murder 33,771 Jews at Babi Yar near Kiev. -
Wannsee Conference
the Wannsee Conference talks about the "final solution" -
Creation of the Zigeunerlager
Gypsy family camp is created and set up in Auschwitz-Birkenau sector BIIe -
Dr Josef Mengele arrives at Auschwitz
When Dr Josef Mengele arrives at Auschwitz -
Himmler Orders Liquidation of ghettos
Himmler orders liquidation of all Jewish ghettos in occupied Poland -
Last Gassing at Auschwitz
Last use of the gas chambers at Auschwitz. -
Himmler Orders Destruction of Auschwitz
Himmler orders destruction of the crematories at Auschwitz. -
Liberation of Auschwitz
Russian troops liberate Auschwitz. By this time, an estimated 2,000,000 persons, including 1,500,000 Jews, have been murdered -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Hitler Commits Suicide -
International Military Tribunal
The opening of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal. -
Adolf Eichmann captured
Adolf Eichmann is captured in Argentina by the Israeli secret service. -
Dr Josef Mengele Dies
Dr Josef Mengele Dies