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Boycott of Jewish-owned shops and businesses in Germany.
The Nazi leadership decided to stage an economic boycott against the Jews of Germany. It was unsuccessful as the German populace continued to use their local businesses but reveals the intent of the Nazis to undermine Jewish viability in Germany. -
Nuremberg Race Laws
Nazi party members publicly declared their intention to segregate Jews from the "Aryan" society. This incorporated antisemitism. Antisemitism is a form of scientific racism. Hitler's "Aryan" race was blonde hair and blue eyes. -
Einsatzgruppen shot about 3,000 Jews at Seventh Fort, one of the 19th century forts surrounding Kovno.
Einsatzgruppen was a mobile killing unit. Kovno was a city in central Lithuania. It was the capital of Lithuania. It had a jewish population of 35,000-40,000. That was about one-fourth of the city's total population. Approximately 3,000 Jews were killed outside of Kovno at a fort. -
Einsatzgruppen shoot about 34,000 Jews at Babi Yar, outside Kiev.
About 160,000 Jews resided in Kiev which is about 20% of the city's population. Kiev was the capital of the Soviet Ukraine when the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. Approximately 100,000 Jews fled Kiev prior to German Forces enterting on September 19, 1941. -
Einsatzgruppen kill 13,000 Jews near Turchinki
Einsatzgruppen round up 13,000 Jews from the Minsk ghetto and killed them near Tuchinki. There was about 80,000 Jews living in the ghetto. Turchinki was a killing center that the Germans built. -
Einsatzgruppen shoot 10,000 Jews from Riga ghetto in the Rumbula Forest
Riga was the capital of Latvia. About 40,000 Jews lived in Riga which was about 10% of the city's population. German Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing units), together with Latvian auxiliaries, shot several thousand Jews shortly after German forces entered the city. The Riga ghetto imprisoned about 30,000 Jews. -
The first killing operations begin at Chelmno
Chelmno was in Poland. German took over Poland. Chelmno was located in Wartheland administrative unit. The Nazis established the Chelmno killing center in order to annihilate the Jewish population. This was the first stationary facility where poison gas was used for mass murder of Jews. -
Germans deport more than 65,000 Jews from Lodz to the Chelmno killing center
The Jews from Lodz formed the second largest ghetto. Warsaw was the biggest ghetto. The Germans established the Lodz ghetto. About 160,000 Jews were forced into a small area. Germans isolated the ghetto form the rest of the city with barbed-wire fencing. Special Nazi units guarded the ghetto perimeter. -
Germans begin the deportation of more than 65,000 Jews from Drancy to Auschwitz
The Drancy camp was named after a northeastern suburb in Paris. It served as a transit camp. Germans used it as an internment camp for foreign Jews at first. Then, it became the major transit camp for the deportations of Jews from France. The majority of the Jews deported from France were held at Drancy prior to their deportation. -
Germans begin the mass deportation of over 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw ghetto the the Treblinka killing center
Germans move about 300,000 Jews to the Treblinka killing center. There was estimated to be more than 400,000 Jews in the Warsaw ghetto. Nazis forced Jews in the ghetto live in an area of 1.3 square miles. They were sent to Treblinka by train. The site of the killing center was heavily wooded and hidden from view.
