Holocaust Events Timeline

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  • Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor

    Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor

    The Nazi Party assumes control of the German state.
  • Law Limits Jews in Public Schools

    Law Limits Jews in Public Schools

    The Law against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities limits the number of Jewish students in public schools.
  • Death of German President von Hindenburg

    Death of German President von Hindenburg

    Adolf Hitler becomes President of Germany.
  • Hitler Abolishes the Office of President

    Hitler Abolishes the Office of President

    Hitler becomes the absolute dictator of Germany.
  • Revision of Paragraph 175

    Revision of Paragraph 175

    Revision of Paragraphs 175 and 175a facilitates the systematic persecution of homosexual men in Germany.
  • Nuremberg Race Laws

    Nuremberg Race Laws

    The Nuremberg Laws of 1935 herald a new wave of antisemitic legislation and that brought immediate segregation.
  • Buchenwald Concentration Camp Opens

    Buchenwald Concentration Camp Opens

    Buchenwald becomes one of the largest concentration camps within the old German borders.
  • First Kindertransport Arrives in Great Britain

    First Kindertransport Arrives in Great Britain

    Jewish parents sent their unaccompanied children to Great Britain to escape Nazi persecution.