Holocaust By kabate01 Jan 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany Apr 1, 1933 Nazis burn Jewish shops Apr 26, 1933 The Gestapo were started. The Gestapo were the Nazi "police force." Jul 14, 1933 Jewish immigrants from Poland have their German citizenship taken. Jan 3, 1937 Jews are not allowed to participate in many professions. Sep 17, 1939 Soviet troops invade Poland. Sep 29, 1939 Germany and the Soviet Union divide Poland between the two of them, where over two million Jews lived in Nazi-controlled areas. Jan 25, 1940 Nazis create a new concentration camp in Auschwitz, Poland. Jan 3, 1942 A mass killing of Jews in Auschwitz-Birkenau occurs (date is made up, event happened some time in January) Period: Apr 5, 1942 to Apr 25, 1942 Hannah from 'The Devil's Arithmetic' is taken to Poland and then taken a concentration camp. (Dates are loosely guessed within the year of 1942)