Holocaust

  • Dachau Opened

    The Nazis opened up the Dachau concentration camp.
  • Boycott of Jewish Businesses

    Nazis refused to buy from any store run by a Jewish person.
  • Nuremberg race laws passed

    The Nuremberg laws excluded German Jews from Reich citizenship and prohibited them from marrying or having sexual relations with Germans.
  • Kristallnacht

    The night of broken glass was a massive, coordinated attack on Jews throughout the German Reich.
  • Nazis invade Poland

    The Nazis invaded poland to expand their empire and allow for more extermination of non-aryan races.
  • Auschwitz established

    Nazis chose the town of Oswiecim in Poland near Krakow as the site of Auschwitz.
  • Final Solution

    On this day, Hitler made the order to carry out the extermination of the Jewish people.
  • Auschwitz liberated

    Russian troops liberate Auschwitz. Unfortunately, over 2,000,000 people had already been murdered there.
  • Hitler appointed Chancellor

    Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany a nation with a Jewish population of 566,000.