Holocaust Timeline By honeylemon354 Apr 4, 1925 Schutzstaffel Organized Sep 15, 1925 Reichs Zentrale is created Aug 2, 1928 St. Louis Ship (with Jews) Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor Mar 23, 1933 Hitler Claims Emergency Powers Apr 1, 1933 Boycott of Jewish Businesses Jul 14, 1933 Law for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseases Sep 15, 1935 Nuremberg Laws Nov 24, 1935 Law against Dangerous Habitual Criminals Mar 7, 1936 Nazi’s Occupy Rhineland Period: Nov 9, 1938 to Nov 10, 1938 Kristallnacht/The Night of Broken Glass 1939 Einsatzgruppen, starts Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Oct 6, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 8, 1939 Lodz Ghetto Opens Mar 1, 1940 Auschwitz opens Jan 9, 1941 Yellow Star for German Jews Jun 6, 1941 The Commissar Order Period: Sep 29, 1941 to Sep 30, 1941 Babi Yar 1942 Last Gassing at Auschwitz Jan 20, 1942 Wannsee Conference Period: 1943 to 1944 Creation of the Zigeunerlager May 30, 1943 Dr Josef Mengele arrives at Auschwitz Jun 21, 1943 Himmler Orders Liquidation of ghettos Nov 25, 1944 Himmler Orders Destruction of Auschwitz Jan 27, 1945 Liberation of Auschwitz Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide Period: Nov 20, 1945 to Oct 1, 1946 International Military Tribunal May 11, 1960 Adolf Eichmann captured Period: 1968 to 1968 Madagascar Plan presented Feb 7, 1979 Dr Josef Mengele Dies