Jewish refugees at croydon airport 1939

HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST – TIME LINE

By esabellaboer
  • 1933

    1933

    The Nazi party takes power in Germany. Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor,or prime minister of Germany.- Nazis ‘temporarily’ suspend civil liberties
    – The Nazis set up the first concentration camp at Dachau. The first inmates are 200 Communists. – Books with ideas considered dangerous to Nazi beliefs are burned.
  • 1934

    1934

    Hitler combines the positions of chancellor and president to become ‘Fuhrer’ or leader of Germany.’
    – Jewish newspapers can no longer be sold in the streets.
  • 1935

    1935

    Jews are deprived of their citizenship and other basic rights.
    – The Nazis intensify the persecution of political people that donÕt agree with his philosophy.