Holocaust Timelines

  • Hitler is appointed as Chancellor

    Hitler is appointed as Chancellor
    Paul von Hindenburg watches a Nazi torchlight parade in honor of Adolf Hitler's appointment as German Chancellor.
  • Boycott on Jewish businesses

    Boycott on Jewish businesses
    Germans crowd around a Jewish owned department store in Berlin on the first day of the boycott. Holding signs, urging Germans not to buy from these stores.
  • The Gestapo

    The Gestapo
    April 27th 1933, the date when the Gestapo was established by Herman Goring [The man in the photo]. He combined the state and political police in the largest and most powerful German state of Prussia.
  • The Nuremberg Laws

    It was an annual rally that was held in Nuremberg, where the Nazis announced the new laws that were directed towards Jews.
  • Relocation of the Gypsies

    Relocation of the Gypsies
    German authorities ordered an arrest and forced relocation of the Roma in the Greater Berlin area to a special camp.
  • Olympic Games

    Olympic Games
    Hitler opened up the 11th Summer Olympic games. Photograph shows Olympic torch bearer running through Berlin.
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht
    As the synagogue in Oberramstadt burns during Kristallnacht (the "Night of Broken Glass"), firefighters instead save a nearby house. Local residents watch as the synagogue is destroyed
  • Refugees from Nazi Germany

    Refugees from Nazi Germany
    This is an image of refugees that needed to be sent back to Europe after Cuba and America denied refugee.