Holocaust Summary

  • Adolf Hitler named Chancellor

    On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor, the most powerful position in the German government, by the aged President Hindenburg who hoped Hitler could lead the nation out of its grave political and economic crisis.
  • Nazi's took power

    (no specific day in January when the reign took over.)
  • The Enabling Act of March 23, 1933

    This forced through a Reichstag already purged of many political opponents, gave dictatorial powers to Hitler. Also this is about the time the Nazi's began to put into practice their racial ideology.
  • World War II began.

    Germany invaded Poland causing World War II to begin
  • Hungarian Jews were being deported to Auschwitz

  • World War II- D Day

    Allied troops landed on the beaches at Normandy to confront the Nazi's
  • Stopped deporting Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz

    Between May 14th and June 8th, 1944, 437,402 Hungarian Jews were deported to Auschwitz in 48 trains.
  • War and Nazi regime have ended