Events leading to the Holocaust

  • Hitler appointed Chancellor

    Hitler appointed Chancellor

    Hitler is appointed Chancellor, beginning his reign in Germany.
  • Anti-Jewish Boycotts

    Anti-Jewish Boycotts

    Shows how much Hitler and Nazi Germany want to remove the Jewish population.
  • Law to Limit Jews in Schools

    Law to Limit Jews in Schools

    Schools all around try to eliminate the number of Jews in schools.
  • Book Burning

    Book Burning

    This is an example of censorship used by Nazi Germany to convey a better feeling about them.
  • Hitler Abolishes the President's Office

    Hitler Abolishes the President's Office

    Declares his complete dictatorship over Germany.
  • Reichstag Speech

    Reichstag Speech

    The speech that stated the end of the Jewish practices in Europe.
  • German Invasions of Poland

    German Invasions of Poland

    This invasion sparked the beginning of World War II.
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    "Night of the Broken Glass," referred to as Kristallnacht was a mass ransacking of Jewish communities.
  • First Ghetto established in Warsaw, Poland

    First Ghetto established in Warsaw, Poland

    This started the genocide of the Jewish population and the imprisonment of Jews along with other people that Hitler found "non-aryan."
  • "Jew Badge"

    "Jew Badge"

    This badge was mandatory for all Jews for identification.
  • Deportation of Jews

    Deportation of Jews

    The deportation of Czech, Austrian, and German Jews caused mass migration to ghettos.
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor

    This is relevant due to the fact that the US helped with the liquidation of concentration camps.
  • First use of poison gas for mass murder

    First use of poison gas for mass murder

    The camp Chelmno was the first camp touse poison gas.
  • Wannsee Conference

    Wannsee Conference

    This conference established the "Final Solution," referring to the Holocaust.
  • Stalingrad

    Stalingrad

    This was a German defeat which let the Allied forces occupy Stalingrad.
  • Destruction of Gas Camps

    Destruction of Gas Camps

    This helped destroy evidence to make it seem like they were never there.
  • Death Marches

    Death Marches

    The death marches were made simply to evacuate the Jews from Auschwitz.
  • Hitler Commits Suicide

    Hitler Commits Suicide

    Commits suicide in his bunker.
  • Japan Surrenders

    Japan Surrenders

    This leads to the end of WW2.