Holocaust

adolf hitler

Period: Jan 30, 1933 to Oct 1, 1946

German President von hindenburg names Adolf Hitler chancellor of Germany

boycott

Apr 1, 1933

boycott of jewish shops and business begins

German President

Aug 2, 1934

German President Von Hindenburg dies-Hitler becomes head of state and commander in chief of the armed forces

Laws

Sep 15, 1935

Reichstag passes antisemitic Nuremberg Race Laws stripping jews of citzenship and most civil rights

Gestapo

Feb 10, 1936

Gestapo under Heinrich Himmler assumes absolute control of internal German security

Camp

Jul 15, 1937

Bunchenwald concentration camp opens

School

Nov 15, 1938

Jewish children expelled from German schools

Deportation

Oct 12, 1939

Germany begins deportation of Austrian and Czech Jews to Poland

Camp 2

May 20, 1940

Auschwitz camp is est

WWI

Dec 8, 1941

united states enters world war 2

Resistance organization

Jul 28, 1942

Jewish resistance organization is established in the Warsaw ghetto

warsaw

Apr 29, 1943

Warsaw Ghetto revolt begins as Germans attempt to liquidate 70,000 inhabitants; Jewish underground fights Nazis until early June

nazis

May 15, 1944

Nazis begin deporting Hungarian Jews; by June 27, 380,000 sent to Auschwitz

Hitler

Apr 30, 1945

Hitler commits suicide