The Holocaust By Kaydw1989 Jan 30, 1933 Hitler is named chancellor of Germany http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/history.html Period: Jan 30, 1933 to May 8, 1945 The Holocaust Feb 27, 1933 The Reichstag, the German parliament, building burned down http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/history.html Sep 15, 1935 The Nuremberg Laws, anti-Jewish legislation, was enacted http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/history.html Nov 10, 1938 Kristallnacht, the night of crystal glass The attack on Jews became violent and Jews were being sent to concentration camps and ghettos. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/history.html Sep 30, 1939 Germany invaded Poland, beginning World War II http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/history.html Jun 2, 1941 Jewish attacked the Soviet Union and began the "Final Solution" http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/history.html Jan 20, 1942 Wannsee Conference organized the mass murder of the Jews http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/history.html Sep 1, 1942 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; many Germans entered ghettos to free thousands of Jews Jan 1, 1945 Auschwitz was liberated by the Soviets http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/history.html
