1942-1953

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  • Gas Chamber number 2

    At Auschwitz, a second gas chamber, Bunker II , is made operational at Birkenau due to the number of Jews arriving.

  • The Holocaust

    Adolf Hitler was the leader of the most horrific even in history. Jews were killed and held hostage under brutal circumstances just because of their beliefs

  • The Escape

    A Jewish inmate, Siegfried Lederer, escapes from Auschwitz-Birkenau and makes it safely to Czechoslovakia. He then warns the Elders of the Council at Theresienstadt about Auschwitz.

  • Possible Freedom

    Berlin is reached by Russian troops.

  • Not Enough Justice is Served

    Twenty one former SS-Einsatz leaders go on trial before a U.S. Military Tribunal in Nuremberg. Fourteen are sentenced to death, with only 4 (the group commanders) actually being executed - the other death sentences having been commuted.

  • Atomic Bomb Success

    The Soviets successfully exploded their first atomic bomb

  • The Korean War Began

    The war was fought between North and South Korea with the North being helped by China and the Soviet Union while the United States helped the South. The war which lasted until July 1953 served to further distance the Soviet Union from the West.

  • Stalin's End

    Stalin died of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 73 years.