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JS Shoah Studies

By sharpbe
  • Hitler's Birth

    Hitler's Birth

  • Outbreak of WWI

    Outbreak of WWI

    Adolf Hitler becomes a corporal - The second lowest rank - during the war.
  • WWI ends - Treaty of Versailles

    WWI ends - Treaty of Versailles

    Germany is forced to:
    - Place extreme limitations on its army, navy, and is not
    allowed to have an airforce or tanks.
    - Give up its empire and to give up land.
    - Pay reparations for the war.
    - Accept the blame for starting the war. Hitler's view:
    Germany was stabbed in the back by the Jews and the Communists.
  • Beer Hall Putsch

    Beer Hall Putsch

  • Mein Kampf is published

    Mein Kampf is published

  • Adolf Hitler is elected chancellor of Germany

    Adolf Hitler is elected chancellor of Germany

  • Reichstag Fire

    Reichstag Fire

    Hitler blames the Communists for the blaze.
  • Opening of Dachau - the first concentration camp

    Opening of Dachau - the first concentration camp

    (This photo was taken after liberation)
  • Enabling Act

    Enabling Act

  • Night of the Long Knives

    Night of the Long Knives

  • Nüremberg Laws

    Nüremberg Laws

    Part 1: The Laws for the Protection of German Blood and German Honour Part 2: The Reich Citizenship Law
  • Remilitarization of the Rhineland

    Remilitarization of the Rhineland

  • Nazi Olympics

    Nazi Olympics

    (1 - 16 August 1936)
  • Anschluss

    Anschluss

  • Evian Conference

    Evian Conference

  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference

  • German annexation of the Sudentenland

    German annexation of the Sudentenland

  • Kristallnacht - Night of Broken Glass

    Kristallnacht - Night of Broken Glass

    9 - 10 November 1938
  • Assasination of Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan in Paris

    Assasination of Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan in Paris

  • Kindertransport

    Kindertransport

  • Occupation of Czechoslovakia

    Occupation of Czechoslovakia

  • Voyage of the MS St Louis

    Voyage of the MS St Louis

  • Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

    Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

  • Outbreak of WWII - Hitler's invasion of Poland

    Outbreak of WWII - Hitler's invasion of Poland

  • Beginning of  Action T4

    Beginning of Action T4

  • Establishment of the Lodz Ghetto - Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski appointed leader of the Lodz Judenrat

    Establishment of the Lodz Ghetto - Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski appointed leader of the Lodz Judenrat

  • Establishment of the Warsaw Ghetto - Adam Czerniakow appointed leader of the Warsaw Judenrat

    Establishment of the Warsaw Ghetto - Adam Czerniakow appointed leader of the Warsaw Judenrat

  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa

  • Establishment of the Vilna Ghetto - Jacob Gens appointed leader of the Judenrat

    Establishment of the Vilna Ghetto - Jacob Gens appointed leader of the Judenrat

  • Babi Yar

    Babi Yar

  • Establishment of Auschwitz-Birkenau

    Establishment of Auschwitz-Birkenau

  • Operation Reinhard begins

    Operation Reinhard begins

  • Theresienstadt is established

    Theresienstadt is established

  • First Deportations to Chelmno

    First Deportations to Chelmno

  • Wannsee Conference

    Wannsee Conference

  • Beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto liquidation

    Beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto liquidation

  • Establishment of Treblinka

    Establishment of Treblinka

  • Beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

    Beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

  • Yitzchak Wittenberg commits suicide in front of Gestapo

    Yitzchak Wittenberg commits suicide in front of Gestapo

  • German invasion of Hungary

    German invasion of Hungary

  • Liquidation of the Lodz Ghetto

    Liquidation of the Lodz Ghetto

  • Hitler and his wife, Eva Braun, commit suicide

    Hitler and his wife, Eva Braun, commit suicide

  • End of WWII

    End of WWII

  • Trial of Adolf Eichmann

    Trial of Adolf Eichmann