A Timeline of the Holocaust By jaimiee84 Jan 30, 1933 Hitler Comes to Power Hitler Appointed Chancellor Mar 23, 1933 Hitler Passes the Enabling Act Apr 1, 1933 Boycott of Jewish Owned Businesses April 1st Boycott Apr 7, 1933 Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service Passed Apr 21, 1933 Shechita Banned Apr 25, 1933 Numerus Clausus Act Passed May 10, 1933 Burning of any "un-German" books take place all over Germany. German Book Burning Jul 14, 1933 Immigrants from Poland stripped on their German Citizenship, Nazi Party declared the only legal party. Jul 20, 1933 Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring Passed Sep 20, 1933 Creation of the Reich Chamber of Culture Jun 30, 1934 Night of the Long Knives Night of the Long Knives Sep 15, 1935 Nuremberg Laws Passed 1935 Nuremberg Laws Aug 20, 1936 Olympic Games held in Germany. 1936 Olympics Jan 20, 1937 Jews banned from many professions which would require them to interact with other Germans. Nov 8, 1937 The Eternal Jew travelling exhibit begins. The Eternal Jew Mar 12, 1938 Anschluss with Austria Anschluss with Austria Mar 20, 1938 Office for Jewish Emigration in Vienna Established Jul 20, 1938 Evian Conference Held Jul 25, 1938 Jewish doctors prohibited by law from practicing medicine. Aug 17, 1938 Compulsory Middle Names for Jewish Men and Women Sep 27, 1938 Jewish Lawyers Legally not allowed to Practice Law! Oct 4, 1938 Large Red "J" Stamped on Passports of all Jews. Oct 28, 1938 17,000 Polish Jews deported from Germany. Forced to live in "No-Mans-Land" Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht - Night of Broken Glass Kristallnacht Nov 12, 1938 Jews fined 1 Billion Marks for damages related to Kristallnacht. Mar 15, 1939 Nazis take "Sudetenland" Apr 30, 1939 Jews moved into special Jewish Housing. Sep 1, 1939 Nazi Invasion of Poland! Start of WWII Sep 21, 1939 Einsatzgruppen instructed to move Jews in Poland into Ghettos Oct 20, 1939 Nazis begin extermination of the sick and infirm. Euthanasia Oct 26, 1939 Forced Labor Decree for Jews in Poland Nov 23, 1939 Yellow Star required to be worn by all Jews over 10. Jan 25, 1940 Auschwits is selected as the site for a new Concentration Camp Feb 12, 1940 First deportation of German Jews to Poland May 10, 1940 Nazis invade France, Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg Sep 27, 1940 Nazis sign pact with Italy and Japan Nov 1, 1940 Romania, Slovakia, and Hungary become Nazi Allies Nov 15, 1940 Warsaw and Krakau Ghetto Sealed Off Information about the Krakau Ghetto Jan 15, 1941 Pogrom in Romania Mar 1, 1941 Birkenau built as Women's Lager in Auschwits Mar 26, 1941 Einsatsgruppen ordered to kill Jews found in Poland Einsatsgruppen Jun 21, 1941 Order of given for the implementation of the "Final Solution" Jun 22, 1941 Nazis invade Soviet Union Sep 3, 1941 First tests of Zyklon-B More on Zyklon-B Sep 29, 1941 SS Einsatzgruppen murder 33,771 Jews at Babi Yar near Kiev. Eye witness account Oct 23, 1941 Jews forbidden to emigrate from the Reich. Nov 24, 1941 Theresienstadt Ghetto is established Theresuenstadt was a Ghetto established for public relations, and was kept very nice. Dec 8, 1941 Chelmno becomes operational Chelmno, Death Camp Jan 20, 1942 Wansee Conference is held to coordinate the Final Solution. Information of the Wannsee Conference May 15, 1942 Sobibor extermination camp becomes operational. Jun 4, 1942 Nazi Leader Heydrich dies. Jun 30, 1942 The New York Times reports that over 1,000,000 Jews have been killed. Jul 7, 1942 Nazi Leader Himmler grants permission for experimentation on Jewish Prisoners. Sep 9, 1942 Nazis begin the process of digging up and burning buried bodies. Digging at Babi Yar. Dec 28, 1942 Sterilization experiments of women in Birkenau begin. Jan 28, 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Resistance begins! Jan 29, 1943 Romani people arrested and sent to extermination camps. Feb 2, 1943 Nazi defeat at Stalingrad! Mar 1, 1943 American Jews Hold Rally in Opposition to Nazi Activity Mar 14, 1943 Krakow Ghetto is Liquidated Jews at Krakow moved to Concentration Camps Apr 19, 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising put down. End of the Uprising. May 15, 1943 Josef Mengele arrives at Auschwitz. Aug 2, 1943 Two hundred Jews escape from Treblinka Oct 14, 1943 Massive escape from Sobibor. Sobibor is the razed to the ground. Escape from Sobibor Oct 15, 1943 The Danish Underground helps transport 7,220 Danish Jews to safety The Danish Ferry Jews to Sweden. Dec 16, 1943 Doctors at Auschwits report 106 Castrations Performed Apr 5, 1944 Jewish inmate escapes he then warns the Elders of the Council at Theresienstadt about Auschwitz. Jun 1, 1944 A Red Cross delegation visits Theresienstadt, Give Favorable Report Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Jul 24, 1944 Russian troops liberate the first concentration camp, at Majdanek. Liberation of Majdanek Aug 4, 1944 Anne Frank's Family Found. Aug 6, 1944 Lodz, the last Jewish ghetto in Poland, is liquidated. Oct 7, 1944 A revolt by Sonderkommando at Birkenau results in complete destruction of Crematory IV. Oct 30, 1944 Gas Chambers at Auscwitz shut down. Destruction of the Crematory Nov 8, 1944 Nazis begin to march Jews farther west away from the Russsian Front. Death Marches Jan 18, 1945 Nazi's evacuate many of the Jews still in Auschwitz. Jan 27, 1945 Russian troops liberate Auschwitz. Liberation of Auschwitz Apr 10, 1945 Allies liberate Buchenwald. Liberation of Buchenwald Apr 23, 1945 Allies reach Berlin! Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide Information leading up to the death of Hitler May 7, 1945 Unconditional German Surrender Nov 20, 1945 Nuremberg Trials Begin. About the Trials<br> Documents of the Trials
