Holocaust Timeline

By Eli Bagwell
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    Prewar Nazi Germany and the Beginnings of the Holocaust

  • Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor

    Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor

    The Nazi Party assumes control of the German state.
  • Law Limits Jews in Public Schools

    Law Limits Jews in Public Schools

    The Law against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities limits the number of Jewish students in public schools.
  • Death of German President von Hindenburg

    Death of German President von Hindenburg

    Adolf Hitler becomes President of Germany.
  • Buchenwald Concentration Camp Opens

    Buchenwald Concentration Camp Opens

    Buchenwald becomes one of the largest concentration camps established within the old German borders of 1937.
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    World War II and the Mass Killing of Jews

  • Auschwitz Camp Established

    Auschwitz Camp Established

    SS authorities establish the largest concentration camp complex of the Nazi regime.
  • Jewish Badge

    Jewish Badge

    All Jews over six years of age in the Reich, Alsace, Bohemia-Moravia and the German–annexed territory of western Poland (called the Warthegau) are ordered to wear an identifying badge.
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    Intensification of Mass Killings

  • Gassing Operations Begin at Treblinka

    Gassing Operations Begin at Treblinka

    SS Special Detachment Treblinka begins gassing operations at the Treblinka killing center.
  • Operation Harvest Festival

    Operation Harvest Festival

    SS forces kill surviving Jews in work camps near Lublin, Poland.
  • Hitler Commits Suicide

    Hitler Commits Suicide

    Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his bunker in Berlin.