The Holocaust

By rudynino

  • The Nazis invade the Soviet union

    Jews throughout Western Europe are forced into ghettos.

  • The Nazis introduce the "Final solution"

    The "Final solution" is the plan to kill all European jews.

  • Most Jews that would have died in the Holocaust have been murdered

    About 80 to 85 percent of the Jews who would die in the Holocaust have already been murdered.

  • Hitler takes over Hungary

    Hitler takes over Hungary and begins deporting 12,000 Hungarian Jews each day to Auschwitz where they are murdered.

  • Hitler is defeated and World War II ends in Europe.

    – The Holocaust is over and the death camps are emptied. – Many survivors are placed in displaced persons facilities.