holocaust timeline - Austin the boss Ellingson By Ellingson Sep 8, 1931 Japan begin takeover of Manchuria Feb 27, 1932 Nazis burn Reichstag building Nov 8, 1932 Hindenburg is elected President in Germany Jan 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany Jan 18, 1934 First resistance by Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto. Jan 24, 1934 Jews are banned from the German Labor Front Aug 19, 1934 Hitler receives a 90 percent 'Yes' vote from German voters approving his new powers. Mar 7, 1935 Nazis occupy the Rhineland May 21, 1935 Nazis ban Jews from serving in the military Sep 15, 1935 Nuremberg Race Laws against Jews decreed. Jun 16, 1936 Heinrich Himmler is appointed chief of the German Police. Jan 1, 1937 jews are banned almost everywhere Nov 8, 1937 'Eternal Jew' travelling exhibition opens in Munich Mar 12, 1938 Nazi troops enter Austria, which has a population of 200,000 Jews Oct 15, 1938 Nazi troops occupy the Sudetenland. Feb 21, 1939 Nazis force Jews to hand over all gold and silver items Sep 17, 1939 Soviet troops invade eastern Poland Jan 11, 1940 A pogrom in Romania results in over 2,000 Jews killed Jun 22, 1940 France signs an armistice with Hitler Jun 14, 1941 Paris is occupied by the Nazis. Nov 30, 1941 Near Riga, a mass shooting of Latvian and German Jews. Jan 31, 1942 SS Einsatzgruppe A reports a tally of 229,052 Jews killed. Nov 27, 1942 The start of deportation of French Jews to Auschwitz Feb 8, 1943 Greek Jews are ordered into ghettos Feb 27, 1943 Jews working in Berlin armaments industry are sent to Auschwitz Jan 3, 1944 Russian troops reach former Polish border. May 8, 1944 Himmler's agents secretly propose to the Western Allies to trade Jews for trucks, other commodities or money. Jan 18, 1945 Nazis evacuate 66,000 from Auschwitz.
