Holocaust

By andiek
  • Hitler appointed Chancellor

    Hitler appointed Chancellor

    The Nazi party gained control over Germany when the German president appointed Hitler as Chancellor at the head of a coalition goverment
  • Law Limits Jewish from School

    Law Limits Jewish from School

    After Hitler was appointed Chancellor, laws began to adopt policies that restricted the rights of Jews in Germany. They were limited from going to school. According to the census of June 16, 1933, the Jewish population of Germany was about 500,000 people out of a total population of 67 million or less than 0.8 percent of the total.
  • Law for the "Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Disease"

    Law for the "Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Disease"

    German law was passed, causing babies with physical or mental disabilities to be sterilized. This caused a basis of involuntary sterilization of babies with mental illness, mental disabilities, and physical disabilities.
  • Röhm Affair

    Röhm Affair

    Hitler ordered a violent purge of the top leadership of the Nazi paramilitary formation. Hitler had the SS murder SA Chief of Staff Ernst Röhm and his top commanders.
  • Death of German President

    Death of German President

    Paul von Hidenburg dies and Hitler declares himself Führer of the German Reich and People, in addition of his position of Chancellor. Hitler is now the absolute dictator, no legal or constitutional limit to his authority.
  • Auschwitz-Birkenau Camp Established

    Auschwitz-Birkenau Camp Established

    Also known as Auschwitz ll was established. The first prisoners were 945 Soviet prisoners and a few Polish prisoners.
  • Germans Destroy Lendice

    Germans Destroy Lendice

    Adolf personally ordered the destruction of Lidice in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich.
  • Deportation of Dutch Jews

    Deportation of Dutch Jews

    German authorities began the deportation of Dutch Jews