Holocaust 1933-1945 (Cited from Jewishgen.org) By bigredturtle Period: Jan 25, 1933 to Sep 10, 1945 1933-1945 Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. Mar 22, 1933 First official concentration camp opens in Dachau. Apr 22, 1933 Establishment of Gestapo. Aug 2, 1934 Hitler proclaims himself Leader and Reich Chancellor. Sep 15, 1935 Anti-Jew laws enacted. Mar 7, 1936 Germans march into Rhineland. Oct 12, 1936 Rome-Berlin Axis created. Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht.(Night of Broken Glass) Mar 15, 1939 Germans occupy Czechoslovakia. Sep 1, 1939 Beginning of WW2. May 10, 1940 Germany invades the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. May 20, 1940 Auschwitz established. Jun 22, 1940 France surrenders. Sep 27, 1940 Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis. Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades Soviet Union. Oct 1, 1941 Establishment of Auschwitz 2 for extermination. Dec 7, 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. Dec 11, 1941 U.S. declares war on Japan and Germany. Mar 1, 1943 Liquidation of Krakow Ghetto. Mar 19, 1944 Germany occupies Hungary. Apr 8, 1944 Liberation of camps April 8-May 7 May 1, 1944 Red Army repels Nazies. Spring-Summer. Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Jul 20, 1944 Attempted Hitler assassination. Oct 7, 1944 Revolt at Auschwitz. Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide. Sep 2, 1945 End of WWII