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Hitler comes to power
Hitler was appointed the chancellor of Germany after a series of elections and backroom intrigues(inside operations). -
Opening of the first concentration camp (Dachau)
This was the "first concentration camp for political prisoners" as described by Heinrich Himmler. Prisoners started arriving the very next day. -
Boycott of Jewish-owned shops and businesses in Germany.
The Nazis carried out the first Nationwide plan against the Jews. Nazi spokesmen had said the boycott was an act of revenge on German Jews and foreigners. -
Night of the Long Knives
The SS and Heinrich Himmler destroy the SA leadership killing Ernst Rohm and many more. The SA (Sturmabteilung) was the Storm Detachment and functioned as the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party. -
Nuremberg Race Laws
These laws excluded German Jews from Reich citizenship and prohibited them from marrying or having sexual relations with persons of "German or related blood." -
Jews are banned from working with Germans
A law was passed preventing Jews from working with Germans to publicly declare their intention to separate Jews from "Aryan" society. -
Kristallnacht
Also known as "Night of the Broken Glass" was when the Nazi went around to synagogues, Jewish schools, homes and stores and broke front windows, torched them and also vandalized them by writing the Star of David and "Jude" all over the fronts of buildings. -
The St. Louis sails from Hamburg, Germany
937 passengers, almost all Jews, were fleeing from the Third Reich. Many had applied for US Visas and planned to stay in Cuba until they could enter the US. Political conditions in Cuba prevented them from staying and many had to go back to Europe. -
German Army invades Poland
In Germany, Jews were not allowed outside of doors after 8:00 pm. -
Establishement of the Tuliszków ghetto
The Tuliszków ghetto was the first Nazi-established ghetto in Poland. -
Wannsee Conference
Nazi officials hold a conference to determine the "Final Solution" -
Mass Deportation
Germans had begun mass deportation of over 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw ghetto to the Treblinka killing center. -
Warsaw Ghetto uprising
German troops and police entered the ghetto to deport its surviving inhabitants. By May of 1942, the ghetto was left in ruins by the German troops. -
Concentration of Jews in Hungary begins
German forces occupied Hungary in March of 1944 and made General Dome Sztojay prime minister. Sztojay commited Hungary to following German Orders, which led to the concentration of Jews in Hungary. -
Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz camp complex
Soviet Army enters the camp and liberates 7,000 prisoners, most of whom are dying or ill. -
All German forces are kicked out of Hungary.
During later and post stages of WWII, Germans and People with German ancestry were kicked out of various Eastern European countries. -
American forces liberate the Buchenwald camp
Buchenwald, a concentration camp near Weimar, Germany, was taken over by the prisoners and the United States later entered to find more than 21,000 people in the camp. -
V-E Day
The war is officially over in Europe. -
End of World War II
Japan agrees to the Allies' terms of surrender and WWII is officially over.
