Nazis and the Holocaust - Jacob Wolles By wollesja Period: Jan 1, 1932 to Dec 31, 1945 Nazis and the Holocaust Feb 25, 1932 Hitler becomes a German Citizen Jul 1, 1932 HItler runs for presidency Jan 30, 1933 Hitler is elected chancellor of Germany Oct 21, 1933 Hitler withdraws from the League of Nations Aug 2, 1934 Germany's president Paul von Hindenburg dies Aug 2, 1934 Hitler becomes Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor and abolishes the title of president May 21, 1935 Nazis ban Jews from serving in the military Jun 26, 1935 Nazis pass law allowing forced abortions on women to prevent them from passing on hereditary diseases Mar 7, 1936 Nazis occupy the Rhineland Aug 1, 1936 Olympic games begin in Berlin Jan 1, 1937 Jews are banned from many professional occupations Nov 8, 1937 'Eternal Jew' travelling exhibition opens in Munich. Apr 26, 1938 Nazis order Jews to register wealth and property Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass. Feb 21, 1939 Nazis force Jews to hand over all gold and silver items Nov 28, 1939 Yellow stars required to be worn by Polish Jews over age 10 Jan 25, 1940 Nazis choose the town of Oswiecim (Auschwitz) in Poland near Krakow as the site of a new concentration camp Nov 15, 1940 The Warsaw Ghetto is sealed off Mar 2, 1941 Nazis occupy Bulgaria Sep 6, 1941 The Vilna Ghetto is established containing 40,000 Jews Apr 20, 1942 German Jews are banned from using public transportation Sep 9, 1942 Open pit burning of bodies begins at Auschwitz in place of burial Jan 18, 1943 First resistance by Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto Sep 11, 1943 Beginning of Jewish family transports from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz Jan 3, 1944 Russian troops reach former Polish border Oct 28, 1944 The last transport of Jews to be gassed, 2,000 from Theresienstadt, arrives at Auschwitz Jan 6, 1945 Russians liberate Budapest Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker
