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Hitler Becomes Chancellor
Support for the Nazi Party grew and support for less extreme parties went down. The less extreme parties were unable to work together to solve the nation's problems, so support shifted the more extreme Nazi Party. After gaining 37% of the votes in the election of 1932. To keep Hitler from becoming Chancellor, President Hindenburg appointed Franz von Papen. Von Papen soon lost power, and to regain it, made a deal with the President to let Hitler be Chancellor and allow him to be Vice Chancellor. -
Dachau Opens
It was the first regular concentration camp established by the National Socialist (Nazi) government. It was located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory near the northeastern part of the town of Dachau, about 10 miles northwest of Munich. Initially the internees were mostly German Communists, Social Democrats, trade unionists, and other political opponents of the Nazis. Later, other groups were also interned, such as Jehovah's Witnesses, Roma, and homosexuals. -
Boycott of Jewish Businesses
It was organized by local Nazi party chiefs, lasted only one day, and was ignored by many individual Germans, who continued to shop in Jewish-owned stores. It marked the beginning of a nationwide campaign by the Nazi party against the entire German Jewish population. -
Nuremberg Laws
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Kristallnacht
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Germany Invades Poland
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Auschwitz is Established
The Auschwitz concentration camp complex was the largest of its kind established by the Nazis. It included three main camps, near Karkow. Each camp used prisoners for forced labor. One of them also functioned for an extended period as a killing center. Estimated deaths: Jews (1,095,000 deported, 960,000 died); Poles (147,000 deported, 74,000 died); Roma (23,000 deported, 21,000 died); Soviet prisoners of war (15,000 deported and died); and other nationalities (25,000 deported, 12,000 died). -
“Final Solution” begins
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Liberation of Auschwitz