Major Events of The Holocaust

Where it All Began

Jan 30, 1933

Adolf Hitler becomes the Chancellor of Germany a nation with a Jewish population of 566,000.

Nazis Come to Power

Feb 22, 1933

40,000 SA and SS sworn in as auxiliary police..

Nazis Come to Power

Feb 27, 1933

The Reichstag is burned down - Hitler seizes dictatorial powers.

It Begins to Get More Serious

Aug 25, 1934

Hitler becomes 'Fuhrer' or considered as the leader of Germany.

Rise of Power

Jan 1, 1935

Jews are deprived of their citizenship and other basic rights.

A Jew's Fear

Nov 10, 1938

Kristallnacht , 'Night of the Broken Glass' occurs.

Appeal of Hitler

Dec 18, 1938

German Jews are stripped of their rights.

Torture

Jan 1, 1940

Jews are forced into ghettos and are put into concentration.

Jews Fight Back

Feb 22, 1941

430 Jewish hostages are deported from Amsterdam after a Dutch Nazi is killed by Jews.

Nazis Decision

Jun 20, 1942

Nazi officials discuss the "Final Solution" to the government

Unexpected Deaths

Dec 18, 1943

80 - 85% of all the Jewish people who would die in the Holocaust have already been mudered

The Jews Suffer

Nov 8, 1944

Nazis force 25,000 Jews to walk over 100 miles in rain and snow from Budapest to the Austrian border, followed by a second forced march of 50,000 persons, ending at Mauthausen.

Appeal of Hitler

Dec 18, 1944

Hitler takes over Hungary and begins deporting 12,000 Hungarian Jews each day to Auschwitz where they are murdered.

In The End

Apr 30, 1945

Hitler is defeated and World War 2 ends in Europe.

Judicial Assembly

Apr 30, 1946

At Nuremburg, Nazi leaders are tried for war crimes by the above Judicial assembly.