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Holocaust Timeline

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  • Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

    Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

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  • The first official Nazi concentration camp opens in Dachau

    The first official Nazi concentration camp opens in Dachau

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  • German Parliament passes Enabling Act giving Hitler dictatorial powers.

    German Parliament passes Enabling Act giving Hitler dictatorial powers.

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  • Nazis stage boycott of Jewish shops and business

    Nazis stage boycott of Jewish shops and business

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  • Nazis issue a Decree defining a non Aryan as "anyone descended from non-Aryan, especially Jewish, parents or grandparents. One parent or grandparent classifies the descendant as non-Aryan...especially if one parent or grandparent was of the Jewish faith."

    Nazis issue a Decree defining a non Aryan as "anyone descended from non-Aryan, especially Jewish, parents or grandparents. One parent or grandparent classifies the descendant as non-Aryan...especially if one parent or grandparent was of the Jewish faith."

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  • The Gestapo was started by Herman Goring

    The Gestapo was started by Herman Goring

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  • Burning of Books throughout Germany

    Burning of Books throughout Germany

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  • Nazi Party is declared the only legal party in Germany

    Nazi Party is declared the only legal party in Germany

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  • Nazis pass law allowing for forced sterilization of those found by a Hereditary Health Court to have genetic defects.

    Nazis pass law allowing for forced sterilization of those found by a Hereditary Health Court to have genetic defects.

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  • Nazis pass a Law against Habitual and Dangerous Criminals, which allows beggars, the homeless, alcoholics and the unemployed to be sent to concentration camps.

    Nazis pass a Law against Habitual and Dangerous Criminals, which allows beggars, the homeless, alcoholics and the unemployed to be sent to concentration camps.

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  • German President von Hindenburg dies. Hitler becomes Führer.

    German President von Hindenburg dies. Hitler becomes Führer.

  • Germany introduces military conscription

    Germany introduces military conscription

  • Nuremberg Race Laws against Jews decreed.

    Nuremberg Race Laws against Jews decreed.

  • Germany defines a "Jew": anyone with three Jewish grandparents; someone with two Jewish grandparents who identifies as a Jew

    Germany defines a "Jew": anyone with three Jewish grandparents; someone with two Jewish grandparents who identifies as a Jew

  • The Kristallnacht

    The Kristallnacht

  • Germany invades Poland, Starting WW 2 in Europe

    Germany invades Poland, Starting WW 2 in Europe

  • The Soviet Union occupies Poland from the east

    The Soviet Union occupies Poland from the east

  • Germany invades Denmark and Norway

    Germany invades Denmark and Norway

  • Germany attacks Western Europe (France and the Low Countries)

    Germany attacks Western Europe (France and the Low Countries)

  • Germany invades Yugoslavia

    Germany invades Yugoslavia

  • Germany invades the Soviet Union

    Germany invades the Soviet Union

  • Nazi Germany declares war on United States

    Nazi Germany declares war on United States

  • Germans begin the mass deportation of more than 65,000 Jews from Lodz to the Chelmno killing center.

    Germans begin the mass deportation of more than 65,000 Jews from Lodz to the Chelmno killing center.

  • Germans begin the mass deportation of over 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw ghetto to the Treblinka killing center.

    Germans begin the mass deportation of over 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw ghetto to the Treblinka killing center.

  • Warsaw Ghetto uprising

    Warsaw Ghetto uprising

  • Rescue of Jews in Denmark

    Rescue of Jews in Denmark

  • D-Day Allied forces invade France

    D-Day Allied forces invade France

  • Battle of Bulge

    Battle of Bulge

  • Death March of nearly 60,000 prisoners from the Auschwitz camp system in southern Poland.

    Death March of nearly 60,000 prisoners from the Auschwitz camp system in southern Poland.

  • Death march of nearly 50,000 prisoners from the Stutthof camp system in northern Poland.

    Death march of nearly 50,000 prisoners from the Stutthof camp system in northern Poland.

  • Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz camp complex.

    Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz camp complex.

  • The Soviets launch their final offensive, encircling Berlin.

    The Soviets launch their final offensive, encircling Berlin.

  • Adolf Hitler commits suicide.

    Adolf Hitler commits suicide.

  • Germany surrenders to the western Allies.

    Germany surrenders to the western Allies.

  • Germany surrenders to the Soviets.

    Germany surrenders to the Soviets.