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Hitler Becomes Chancellor
He was Chancellor from 1933 to 1945. Hitler believed in Nazi ideas and only months after he became leader, he started to pursue those ideas towards Jews by building concentration camps and creating new laws. -
Dachau Opened
This was the first concentration camp to open in Germany. It was originally intended to hold political prisoners but then became also intended for Jewish prisoners, that would be used as labor camps. -
Boycott of Jewish Businesses
Nazi leadership decided to boycott the Jewish businesses to cause the Jewish community to struggle economically. This was seen as an act of revenge and retaliation. -
Nuremberg Laws
These encompassed the Nazi ideology that German blood is the best and that the racial thoughts that othes in the country were seen as second best. These laws were passed by the government. -
Kristallnacht/The Night of Broken Glass
These were massive coordinated attacks on Jews and Jewsih buildings through out Germany, on this night and into the next day. This was seen as revenge for a Jewish teen supposedly killing a German diplomat. -
Germany invades Poland
Nazi Germany and other armies came together to take down Poland, which this event marked the beginning of World War 2. -
Auschwitz Concentration Camp Established
This was the largest concentration camp established by the Nazi's. There were three camps and one of them for many years acted as a killing center. -
“Final Solution” begins
This was the Nazi's plan to exterminate all of the Jewish people, so that they could be the Great race and not have the Jewish people hurt their society as they thought they were. They acted this out through boycotts, concentration camps, and the Kristallnacht. -
Liberation of Auschwitz
The prisoners that were left at the camp due to not being killed or being unable to escape, were liberated from the camp and freed.