Holocaust By TTONY9 Jan 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler becomes the Chancellor of Germany. Adolf Hitler becomes the Chancellor of Germany. Period: Jan 30, 1933 to May 9, 1945 Dates Mar 22, 1933 The Nazi's begin building concentration camps. The first camp is called Dachau. Mar 13, 1938 Germany incorporates Austria into the Union. Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland and World War 2 begins. Oct 8, 1939 The Germans create a ghetto in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. Apr 9, 1940 Germany invades Denmark and Norway. May 10, 1940 Germany attacks western Europe. Apr 6, 1941 Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece. Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades the Soviet Union. Jul 6, 1941 Einsatzgruppen shoot nearly 3,000 Jews at the Seventh Fort. Sep 29, 1941 Einsatzgruppen shoot about 34,000 Jews at Babi Yar. Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor and the U.S. declares war the next day Dec 11, 1941 Nazi Germany declares war on the United States. Jul 22, 1942 Germans begin the mass deportation of over 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw ghetto to the Treblinka killing center Mar 15, 1944 Night:The Nazi's take over Sighet. Apr 15, 1944 Night: Elie's family is forced out of there home and must live in a ghetto. From there they are taken from the train station. Jun 23, 1944 Night: Elie arrives at Auschwitz and gets seperated from his mother and sisters but stays with his father. Jul 15, 1944 Night: Elie and his father are sent to Buna. Aug 15, 1944 Night: Elie watches people get hung and thinks God won't help him live. Sep 25, 1944 Night: Elie and his father are evacuated from Auschwitz. Dec 30, 1944 Night: Elie and his father went on a death march to Gleiwitz. Jan 15, 1945 Night: Elie travels to Buchenwald and get nothing to eat besides snow. Jan 18, 1945 Death march of nearly 60,000 prisoners from the Auschwitz camp system in southern Poland Feb 25, 1945 Night: Elie's father dies in the crematory. Apr 15, 1945 Night: Elie is rescued by American troops. Apr 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide. May 9, 1945 Germany surrenders to the western Allies and to the Soviets.