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The Holocaust

By haelyn

  • Hilter is named chacellor of Germany

    After President Paul von Hindenburg's death in 1934, Hitler made himself Germany's supreme ruler. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/the-holocaust
  • Jewish businesses were boycotted in Germany

    Jewish businesses were boycotted in Germany

    Jews were banned from the German civil service

  • Non-Aryan medical students were unable to take medical exams

  • Nuremberg Laws

    Nuremberg Laws

    These laws restricted citizenship to people of "German blood"
  • Heinrich Himmler

    Heinrich Himmler

    Hitler named Heinrich Himmler as SS chief as well as chief of German police.

  • Jews were prohibited from giving testimony is courts

  • 32 countries were gathered in France to have a meeting with President Franklin D. Roosevelt

  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    Meaning, Night of Broken Glass, Kristallnacht was a coordinated attack on Jews.
  • "J" for Jude

    "J" for Jude

    Switzerland asked that passports of Jews in Germany be marked with J for Jude.

  • Mass murder of disabled Germans began

  • First Polish ghetto established

    The Germans establish a ghetto in Poland.

  • The ghettos of Warsaw and Lodz were sealed

    Guards were at all entrances and exits.

  • The death camp at Auschwitz was established

  • The mass murder of Jews began

  • Experiments at Auschwitz with gas chambers and Zyklon B

  • Actual gassing of Jews began in mobile vans

  • Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

    United States declared war on Japan and Germany.
  • Reinhard Heydrich announced a plan for the "Final Solution"

    Reinhard Heydrich announced a plan for the "Final Solution"

  • Warsaw ghetto was burned to the ground after a month of fierce fighting

    Warsaw ghetto was burned to the ground after a month of fierce fighting

  • forced death marches began

  • The killing of Jews quickened at the war's end

  • Soviet forces entered Auschwitz

  • Hitler commited suicide

  • Japan surrendered; end of World War 2

  • Germany surrendered to the Allies

  • World War 2 officially ended for the western Allies.

    Victory in Europe Day was celebrated to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of Nazi Germany's surrender. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005143

  • The Soviet forces announces their Victory Day

    The Soviet government announced the vicotry early on May 9th after the signing ceremony in Berlin. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005143