Auschwitz  poland  cremation of bodies by the sonderkommando

WWII Resistance Timeline project

  • Japan invades China

    Japan invades China
    Japan invades China and starts World War 2 in the Pacific
  • Adding someone else

    Adding someone else
    Germany adds Austria into the Anschluss.
  • Invasion

    Invasion
    Fascist Italy invades and annexes Albania
  • Germany Attacks

    Germany Attacks
    Germany attacks Poland starting World War 2
  • France and Britain

    France and Britain
    France and Great Britain guarantee the integrity of the borders of the Polish state.
  • Nonagression agreement

    Nonagression agreement
    Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement
  • First Crematorium was built

    First Crematorium was built
    In 1940 the first crematorium in Auschwitz was put into operation and this sparked the revolt
  • Another Invasion

    Another Invasion
    Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Denmark surrenders on the day of the attack; Norway holds out until June 9.
  • Italy comes

    Italy comes
    Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21.
  • Jews got sent to Aushwitz

    Jews got sent to Aushwitz
    In the early 1942's groups of Jews started being sent to Auschwitz to be murdered in the gas chambers next to the first crematorium
  • Burning the dead bodies

    Burning the dead bodies
    In the summer of 1942 after they killed the Jews in the gas chambers they burned the bodies
  • The escape

    The escape
    on December 9 1942 Some of the Sonderkommando prisoners tried to escape
  • 4 more crematoriums

    4 more crematoriums
    They built four more crematoriums in Birkenau and they went into operation in spring of 1943
  • Second escape

    Second escape
    On March 9 1943 the prisoners tried to escape once again
  • Extermination

    Extermination
    In the summer of 1944 there were documents from Sonderkommando prisoners that there was a extermination and they secretly took pictures of the dead bodies in the Crematorium.
  • Continuation

    Continuation
    In autumn of 1944 they continued to exterminate the Sonderkommando prisoners slowly
  • Stop exterminating

    Stop exterminating
    In November of 1944 the extermination stopped
  • Big Extermination

    Big Extermination
    On October 7 they planned to exterminated a large amount of prisoners but the Sonderkommando resisted
  • Where did they go?

    Where did they go?
    On November 28 70 sonderkommando prisoners were taken to an unknown direction
  • Final evacuation

    Final evacuation
    The final 100 sonderkommando prisoners were there up until their final evacuation