Holocaust

Holocaust Timeline

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    Hitlers rise to power

  • Nazi's open Dachau concentration camp

    Nazi's open Dachau concentration camp
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    Holocaust

  • Hitler receives a 90 percent 'Yes' vote from German voters approving his new powers.

    Hitler receives a 90 percent 'Yes' vote from German voters approving his new powers.
  • Nuremberg Race Laws against Jews decreed.

     Nuremberg Race Laws against Jews decreed.
  • The German Gestapo is placed above the law.

    The German Gestapo is placed above the law.
  • Jews are banned from many professional occupations

     Jews are banned from many professional occupations
  • Nazis prohibited Jews from trading and providing a variety of specified commercial services.

    Nazis prohibited Jews from trading and providing a variety of specified commercial services.
  • Nazi's invade Poland

    Nazi's invade Poland
  • Nazi's invade Denmark

  • The first test use of Zyklon-B gas at Auschwitz.

    The first test use of Zyklon-B gas at Auschwitz.
  • Himmler orders all Jews in concentration camps in Germany to be sent to Auschwitz and Majdanek.

    Himmler orders all Jews in concentration camps in Germany to be sent to Auschwitz and Majdanek.
  • Himmler orders liquidation of all Jewish ghettos in occupied Poland.

    Himmler orders liquidation of all Jewish ghettos in occupied Poland.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
  • Russian Troops liberate Auschwitz.

    Russian Troops liberate Auschwitz.