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Nazis occupy Hungary
(Jewish pop. 725,000). -
Public exposure of Nazi and Japanese cruelty
President Roosevelt issues a statement condemning German and Japanese ongoing "crimes against humanity." -
Irma Grese forces Olga to secretly assist her
Irma Grese forces Jewish inmate (Olga) to abort her of her illegitimately conceived child with Joseph Mengele (Aryan Nazi officer) -
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Himmler barters Jews for goods
Himmler's agents secretly propose to the Western Allies to trade Jews for trucks, other commodities or money. -
First attempts at extermination of Hungarian Jews
Rudolf Höss returns to Auschwitz, ordered by Himmler to oversee the extermination of Hungarian Jews. -
Deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz
Beginning of the deportation of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz. -
Arrival of Jewish captives at Auschwitz
Jews from Hungary arrive at Auschwitz. Eichmann arrives to personally oversee and speed up the extermination process. By May 24, an estimated 100,000 have been gassed. Between May 16 and May 31, the SS report collecting 88 pounds of gold and white metal from the teeth of those gassed. -
D-Day
D-Day: Allied landings in Normandy on the coast of northern France. -
Anne Frank and her family captured
Anne Frank and family are arrested by the Gestapo in Amsterdam, then sent to Auschwitz. Anne and her sister Margot are later sent to Bergen-Belsen where Anne dies of typhus on March 15, 1945. -
Lodz almost entirely exterminated
Lodz, the last Jewish ghetto in Poland, is liquidated with 60,000 Jews sent to Auschwitz. -
Sonderkommando revolt
A revolt by Sonderkommando at Auschwitz-Birkenau results in complete destruction of Crematory IV. -
Nazis gain control of Hungarian government
Nazis seize control of the Hungarian puppet government, then resume deporting Jews, which had temporarily ceased due to international political pressure to stop Jewish persecutions. -
Last gassing of Jews at Auschwitz
The last transport of Jews to be gassed, 2,000 from Theresienstadt. Followed by the last use of the gas chambers at Auschwitz. -
Himmler orders desctruction of crematories
Himmler orders destruction of the crematories at Auschwitz. -
Nazis evacuate Jews from concentration camps
Nazis evacuate 66,000 from Auschwitz. -
Russians liberate Auschwitz
Russian troops liberate Auschwitz. By this time, an estimated 2,000,000 persons, including 1,500,000 Jews, have been murdered there. -
Russians push to Berlin
Berlin is reached by Russian troops. -
Hitler commits suicide
Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker. -
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Nuremberg Trials
Nuremberg International Military Tribunal. -
Trial of Irma Grese
Lüneberg, the Belsen Trials. The trial of Irma Grese (and other Nazi Germans) vs the people of the Allied Nations. -
Execution of Irma Grese
Irma Grese is executed for her crimes against humanity as a Nazi camp guard.
