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Before The Holocaust
World War I devastated Europe. The years that followed saw the continent struggle to recover from the death or injury of tens of millions of soldiers and civilians, as well as catastrophic damage to property and industry. Over 9 million Jews lived in Europe working and raising families in the harsh reality of the worldwide economic depression. -
Start
President Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler Chancellor of Germany. -
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There is a boycott of Jewish Business and law put into place to opress them -
Building Up
There are Nuremberg Race Laws. Germany introduces military conscription. -
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- WW2
German troops march unopposed into the Rhineland.The Summer Olympics begin in Berlin. Germany incorporates Austria in the Anschluss(Union) . Munich Agreement and Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Agreement happens. Germany invades Poland, starting World War II in Europe. The Soviet Union occupies Poland from the east. Germans establish a ghetto in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. -
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Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Germany attacks western Europe.Germany invades Yugoslavia, Greece and the Soviet Union. Einsatzgruppen ( killing units) shoot nearly 3,000 Jews at the Seventh Fort, one of the 19th-century fortifications surrounding Kovno. They shoot more than 57,000 Jews in various places. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor and the United States declares war the next day. The first killing operations begin at in occupied Poland. Nazi Germany declares war on the United States. -
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Germans begin the mass deportation of more than 65,000 Jews to the Chelmno killing center. Wannsee Conference held near Berlin, Germany. Germans begin the deportation of more than 730,000 Jews. Germany launches a new offensive towards the city of Stalingrad. Soviet troops counterattack at Stalingrad, trapping the German Sixth Army in the city. Warsaw ghetto uprising begins. The Battle of Kursk. The Rescue of Jews in Denmark. The Soviet troops liberate Kiev. -
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Ending
Germans forces occupy Hungary. Germans begin the mass deportation of about 440,000 Jews from Hungary. Allied forces invade Normandy, France. Anglo-American forces break out of Normandy. Allied forces land in France. The Liberation of Paris. Battle of the Bulge occurs. Death march of nearly 110,000 prisoners happens in various camps. Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz. The Soviets launch their final offensive. American forces liberate Dachau. Adolf Hitler commits suicide. Germany surrenders. -
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Aftermath
The war between the Axis, Allied powers had resulted in 80 million deaths. Allied forces took control of Germany, Japan, and much of the territory they had formerly ruled. Efforts were made to permanently dismantle the war-making abilities of those nations. War crimes trials took place in Europe and Asia. Millions of Germans and Japanese were forcibly expelled from territories. Allied occupations and United Nations decisions led to many long-lasting problems in the future. -
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Germany After WW2
Berlin gets divided. People live in destruction and ruins. Citizens were hungry and poor. Many kids in Germany were made orphans from the war. Disease ran wild. The black market was thriving.
