Holocaust title

Holocaust

By SonicD
  • Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany

  • 40,000 SA and SS men are sworn in as auxiliary Police.

    40,000 SA and SS men are sworn in as auxiliary Police.

  • Nazis burn Reichstag building

    Nazis burn Reichstag building

  • Emergency powers granted to Hitler as a result of the fire

    Emergency powers granted to Hitler as a result of the fire

  • German Parliament passes Enabling Act

    Gave hitler dictorial powers
  • Nazis open Daachau concentration camp near Munich.

    Nazis open Daachau concentration camp near Munich.

  • Nazis stage boycott of Jewish shops and businesses

    Nazis stage boycott of Jewish shops and businesses

  • Nazis issue a Decree that defines a non-Aryan

    Nazis issue a Decree that defines a non-Aryan

  • Burning of books in Berlin and throughout Germany

    Burning of books in Berlin and throughout Germany

  • Gestapo is born.

    Gestapo is born.

    created by Herman Goring in the state of Prussia
  • Jews are bannded from the German Labor Front

    Jews are bannded from the German Labor Front

  • Jews not allowed national health inssurance.

    Jews not allowed national health inssurance.

  • Jews are prohibited from getting legal qualifications

    Jews are prohibited from getting legal qualifications

  • Hitler recieves a 90% 'yes' vote from German voters approving his new powers.

    Hitler recieves a 90% 'yes' vote from German voters approving his new powers.

  • Nazis ban Jews from serving in the military.

    Nazis ban Jews from serving in the military.

  • Nuremberg Race Laws agaust Jews decreed.

    Nuremberg Race Laws agaust Jews decreed.

  • The German Gestapo is placed above the law

    The German Gestapo is placed above the law

  • Nazis occupy the Rhineland

    Nazis occupy the Rhineland

  • Olympic games in Berlin

    Olympic games in Berlin

  • Nazis set up an Office for Combating Homosexuality and Abortions

    Nazis set up an Office for Combating Homosexuality and Abortions

  • Jews are banned from many professional occupations.

    Jews are banned from many professional occupations.

    including teaching Germans, and from being accountants or dentists.
  • 'Eternal Jew' travelling exhibition opens in Munich.

    'Eternal Jew' travelling exhibition opens in Munich.

  • First resistance by Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.

    First resistance by Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.

  • Period: to

    Nazi troops enter Austria, which has a population of 200,000 Jews, mainly living in Vienna. Hitler announces Anschluss (union) with Austria.

  • Nazis order Jews over age 15 to apply for identity cards from the police, to be shown on demand to any police officer

    Nazis order Jews over age 15 to apply for identity cards from the police, to be shown on demand to any police officer

  • Nazi troops occupy the Sudetenland

    Nazi troops occupy the Sudetenland

  • Period: to

    Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass.

  • Hermann Göring takes charge of resolving the "Jewish Question."

    Hermann Göring takes charge of resolving the "Jewish Question."

  • SS leader Reinhard Heydrich is ordered by Göring to speed up the emigration of Jews.

    SS leader Reinhard Heydrich is ordered by Göring to speed up the emigration of Jews.

  • Adolf Eichmann takes over section IV B4 of the Gestapo dealing solely with Jewish affairs and evacuations

    Adolf Eichmann takes over section IV B4 of the Gestapo dealing solely with Jewish affairs and evacuations

  • Nazis choose the town of Oswiecim (Auschwitz) in Poland near Krakow as the site of a new concentration camp

    Nazis choose the town of Oswiecim (Auschwitz) in Poland near Krakow as the site of a new concentration camp

  • The Warsaw Ghetto, containing over 400,000 Jews, is sealed off.

    The Warsaw Ghetto, containing over 400,000 Jews, is sealed off.

  • Quote from Nazi newspaper, Der Stürmer, published by Julius Streicher - "Now judgment has begun and it will reach its conclusion only when knowledge of the Jews has been erased from the earth."

    Quote from Nazi newspaper, Der Stürmer, published by Julius Streicher - "Now judgment has begun and it will reach its conclusion only when knowledge of the Jews has been erased from the earth."

    A pogrom in Romania results in over 2,000 Jews killed.
  • During a cabinet meeting, Hans Frank, Gauleiter of Poland, states - "Gentlemen, I must ask you to rid yourselves of all feeling of pity. We must annihilate the Jews wherever we find them and wherever it is possible in order to maintain there the structure

    During a cabinet meeting, Hans Frank, Gauleiter of Poland, states - "Gentlemen, I must ask you to rid yourselves of all feeling of pity. We must annihilate the Jews wherever we find them and wherever it is possible in order to maintain there the structure

  • Wannsee Conference to coordinate the "Final Solution."

    Wannsee Conference to coordinate the "Final Solution."

  • Sterilization experiments on women at Birkenau begin.

    Sterilization experiments on women at Birkenau begin.

  • The chief surgeon at Auschwitz reports that 106 castration operations have been performed.

    The chief surgeon at Auschwitz reports that 106 castration operations have been performed.

  • Russian troops reach former Polish border.

    Russian troops reach former Polish border.

  • Oskar Schindler saves 1200 Jews by moving them from Plaszow labor camp to his hometown of Brunnlitz.

    Oskar Schindler saves 1200 Jews by moving them from Plaszow labor camp to his hometown of Brunnlitz.

  • Russians liberate Budapest, freeing over 80,000 Jews.

    Russians liberate Budapest, freeing over 80,000 Jews.

  • Opening of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal.

    Opening of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal.

A list shows items. A timeline shows sequence.

Use Timetoast to make dates, milestones, and turning points easier to understand in a clear visual format. Timetoast is a timeline maker for work, school, research, and stories.

Build your timeline