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The Holocaust

By fightinemu
  • Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany

  • First concentration camp opened

    First concentration camp opened

    The first concentration camp was opened at Dachau in Germany
  • Nuremberg Laws

    Nuremberg Laws

    The Nuremberg Laws were introduced. These laws were designed to take away Jewish rights of citizenship and included orders that:Jews are no longer allowed to be German citizens. Jews cannot marry non-Jews. Jews cannot have sexual relations with non-Jews.
  • Yellow Star introduced

    Yellow Star introduced

    Jews in Poland were forced to sew a yellow star onto their clothes so that they could be easily identified.
  • Auschwitz

    Auschwitz

    A new concentration camp, Auschwitz, opened

  • Warsaw Ghetto sealed

    The Warsaw Ghetto was sealed off. There were around 400,000 Jewish people inside
  • Period: to

    Jews gassed

    Jews from all over occupied Europe were sent to 'Death Camps'
  • Death Marches

    Death Marches

    Many remaining camps were closed and evidence of their existence destroyed. Those who had survived the camps so far were taken on forced 'Death Marches'.

  • Hitler committed suicide

    Faced with impending defeat, Hitler committed suicide

  • German surrender

    Germany surrendered and the war in Europe was over