Event leading to the holocaust

By Donovan DeCamp

  • Hitler is denied by art school.

  • Hitler's mother dies

    Hitlers mother dies and he blames the jews.

  • End of World War I

    A very angry and depressed hitler comes home from a crushing defeat on Germany and also blames the jews.
  • Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany by Paul Von Hidenburg.

    Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany by Paul Von Hidenburg.

  • First Concentration Camp opens (Dachau)

  • The secret police, Gestapo, are founded.

  • The Nazis announce the nuremberg laws.

    The Nazis announce the nuremberg laws which strips jews of German citizenship and bans intermarriage between jews and those of German blood.
  • Kristallnacht(Night of the Broken Glass)

    Kristallnacht(Night of the Broken Glass)

    Many Jewish businesses and synagogues are destroyed.

  • All polish jews above the age of 11, are ordered to wear white armband with a blue star of david.

  • The first Polish prisoner arrive in Auschwitz.

    The first Polish prisoner arrive in Auschwitz.