Holocaust Timeline By Dig a hole Jan 30, 1933 Hitler Comes to Power Feb 27, 1933 Reichstag Burning Feb 28, 1933 "Emergency Rights" to Hitler Mar 20, 1933 Dachau, Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald, Ravensbrück camps opened Apr 1, 1933 Nazi Germany Boycotts Jewish shops Apr 11, 1933 Aryan/non-aryan seperation beginns Jul 14, 1933 Nazi Party only Legal party in Germany Sep 29, 1933 Jews are not allowed to own land Oct 4, 1933 Jews are not allowed to be newspaper editors May 17, 1934 National health insurance forbidden for Jews Aug 12, 1934 Hitler becomes Führer May 14, 1935 Jews banned from the army Sep 15, 1935 Nuremburg race laws issued Aug 1, 1936 Olympic games begin in Berlin - less restrictions for Jews Jan 15, 1937 January: Jews have to withdraw from most jobs. Mar 12, 1938 "Anschluss" of Austria to Germany Apr 26, 1938 Jews have to register wealth and property Jun 14, 1938 Jewish-owned buisnisses have to reigster Jul 6, 1938 Jews are not allowed to sell and trade Jul 23, 1938 Jews over 15 years have to apply for a card to show to police at all times Jul 25, 1938 Jewish doctors are not allowed to work or give any medicine Aug 11, 1938 Synagogue in Nuremberg is destroyed Aug 17, 1938 Sirnames of all jews changed to "Sarah" or "Israel" Sep 27, 1938 Jews prohibited from everything Legal Oct 5, 1938 All idendity cards and passports of jews stamped with "J" Nov 8, 1938 Kristallnacht - Night of broken glass Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht - Night of broken glass Nov 12, 1938 Jews have to pay 1,000,000,000 Mark for Kristallnacht damage Nov 15, 1938 Jewish Students banned from non-Jewish schools Dec 3, 1938 All Jewish buisinesses become "Aryan" Dec 14, 1938 Göring takes charge of the "Jewish Question" Jan 30, 1939 Hitler threatens Jews during speech Feb 21, 1939 Jews have to hand over all Gold and Silver Apr 30, 1939 Jews lose all rights Jul 4, 1939 Jews are not allowed to have any government Jobs Sep 1, 1939 Jews are forbidden to be outside after 8pm MET and 9pm MEST Sep 21, 1939 Jews are prepared for deportation in Poland Sep 23, 1939 Jews are forbidden to own radios Dec 23, 1939 Polish Jews have to wear the Davids star Jan 25, 1940 Auschwitz starts to be constructed Aug 1, 1940 Several non-German countries degrade Jews Jan 15, 1941 January: A progrom in Romania kills 2000 Jews Feb 22, 1941 Jews are now deported from Amsterdam Mar 1, 1941 Auschwitz is expanded, Birkenau opened Mar 7, 1941 Forced labor beginns Mar 12, 1941 Communists are officially bein dehumanized Jun 29, 1941 Progrom in Romania, 10,000 Jews dead Jun 30, 1941 Progrom in Romania, 10,000 Jews dead Jul 21, 1941 Majdanek Concentration camp opened Jul 25, 1941 Lithuania progrom kills 3800 jews Jul 26, 1941 Lithuania progrom kills 3800 jews Sep 1, 1941 All Jews have to wear yellow stars Sep 3, 1941 Zyklon-B gas is first used at Auschwitz Sep 17, 1941 Massive deportation beginns Sep 29, 1941 33,751 Jews killed near Kiev Sep 30, 1941 33,751 Jews killed near Kiev Oct 15, 1941 October: 35,000 jews from Odessa shot Oct 23, 1941 Jews are forbidden to emigrate Nov 30, 1941 Mass shooting near Riga Dec 8, 1941 Chelmno camp is opened Dec 8, 1941 Gassing kills 5000 Gypsies and many Jews Jan 15, 1942 January: Mass gassings in Auschwitz Mar 15, 1942 March: Belzec camp is opened Mar 17, 1942 Massive deportation Mar 24, 1942 Massive deportation Mar 27, 1942 Massive deportation Mar 30, 1942 Massive deportation Apr 20, 1942 Jews not allowed to use public transport May 15, 1942 May: Sobibor camp opened Jun 15, 1942 June: Gas vans in Riga Jun 30, 1942 2nd gas chamber at Auschwitz Jul 14, 1942 Dutch Jews first deported to Auschwitz Jul 18, 1942 Four gas chambers built at Auschwitz Jul 19, 1942 Mass deportations Jul 22, 1942 Mass deportations Jul 23, 1942 Treblinka camp opened, 10 gas chambers Sep 18, 1942 Less food rations for Jews Sep 26, 1942 Confiscation of nearly everything begins Oct 22, 1942 Revolt at Sachsenhausen ended by SS Oct 22, 1942 Revolt at Sachsenhausen ended by SS Oct 25, 1942 Massive deportations Dec 10, 1942 Mass deportations Dec 28, 1942 Experiments on women begin in Auschwitz Jan 1, 1943 1943: Over 1,000,000 Jews killed Jan 29, 1943 All Gypsies will be deported and arrested Feb 2, 1943 War turnes against Hiler Feb 27, 1943 Jews making armoury in Berlin deported Mar 22, 1943 Nes gas chamber at Auschwitz Mar 31, 1943 New gas chamber at Auschwitz Apr 4, 1943 New gas chamber at Auschwitz Jun 24, 1943 New gas chamber at Auschwitz Nov 3, 1943 42,000 Jes killed in Poland Dec 2, 1943 Mass deportations Dec 13, 1943 106 Deadly operations done at Auschwitz Apr 14, 1944 Mass deportations May 15, 1944 Mass deportations Jul 24, 1944 Majdanek camp liberated Oct 30, 1944 Gas chambers not used at Auschwitz Nov 27, 1944 Massive death marches May 7, 1945 Germany Surrenders