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Start of the Holocaust
In 1933, Adolf hitler was appinted chancellor of Germany, that is when all hell broke loose. The people of germany knew that they would not have basic civil rights. German Jews felt the effects of more than 400 decrees and regulations that restricted all aspects of their public and private lives. -
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Dachau
Dachau is located near the city Munich in southern Germany, and was the first concentration camp. In the early years of camp's establishment, dachau was used for political prisoners of Germany. THe number of prisoners Dachau had exceeded over 188,000 people and more than 10,000 of those prisoners were jews. -
German Government ban Jews from working in the German Labor Front.
The German Labor Front was the National Socialist Trade Union. Its leader was Robert Ley, who stated its aim was 'to create a true social and productive community' (Smelster, 1988). Theoretically, DAF existed to act as a medium through which workers and owners could mutually represent their interests. Jews were not allowed to work here due to the rise of Adolf Hitler -
The Night of the Long Knives
On June 30-July, Adolf Hitler conducted a purge using the top leadership of the nazi party, the SA(Sturmabteilungen; Assault Detachments). Hitler was pressured by German army commanders because they supported him becoming president of Germany. So he order the SS to murder the cheif of staff Ernst Rohm. -
Adolf's rise to power
After he had Hindenburg killed, Hitler abolishes office and he had the power of the president and the power of chancellor and declared himself Führer. -
The German Government bans Jehovah Witness Organizations
The German Government bans the jehovah witness organizations because they wouldn't plegde there aligence to the german goverment. because of their religous beliefs -
Sachsenhausen
The SS establishes the Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Oranienburg, located to the north of Berlin, Germany. By September, German authorities have imprisoned about 1,000 people in the camp. -
Buchenwald
The Inspectorate of Concentration Camps opens the Buchenwald concentration camp near the city of Weimar, Germany. Camp authorities will murder at least 56,000 prisoners in the Buchenwald camp system, some 11,000 of them Jews. -
Forced names
The Reich Minister of the Interior decrees that all Jewish men residing in Germany and bearing names not recognizable as "Jewish" must adopt the middle name "Israel." Jewish women are required to take the middle name "Sarah." -
Stutthof
SS authorities establish the civilian prisoner camp Stutthof, near Danzig (Gdansk). On January 7, 1942, the Inspectorate of Concentration Camps will re-designate Stutthof as a concentration camp. -
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Invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece
German and other Axis forces invade Yugoslavia and Greece. On April 10, the underground Croat separatist and terrorist Ustasa (Insurgent) movement seize power in Croatia and proclaim a state independent of Yugoslavia with German and Italian blessings. -
A Visit to Auswitiz
Himmler makes his first visit to Auschwitz, during which he orders Kommandant Höss to begin massive expansion, including a new compound to be built at nearby Birkenau that can hold 100,000 prisoners -
The gassing begins
After trial gassings in April, the SS Special Detachment Sobibor begins gassing operations at the Sobibor killing center. By November 1943, the special detachment has killed at least 170,000 Jews and an undetermined number of Poles, Roma, and Soviet prisoners of war at Sobibor by means of carbon monoxide gas or by shooting. -
The deportations of jews
German SS, police, and military units begin the deportation of Jews from Salonika, Greece, to Auschwitz. Between March 20 and August 18, approximately 46,000 Greek Jews arrive at the Auschwitz camp complex. SS functionaries kill most of the deportees in the gas chambers at Birkenau. During the occupation of Greece, the German authorities deport and kill between 59,000 and 65,000 Greek Jews. -
d-day
D-Day. British and American troops launch an invasion of France. -
End of the Holocaust
German armed forces surrender unconditionally to Allied forces in the west.
