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Hitler Becomes Leader
Adolf Hitler is made Chancellor of Germany -
Dachau Opens
The first concentration camp, Dachau, is opened near Munich -
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The Holocaust
The German attempted extermination of the Jewish and other religious, racial, and other groups -
Jews Can't Own Land
The Nazis pass a law prohibiting Jews from owning land -
Nuremburg Laws Passed
The Nuremburg Laws were passed, preventing Jews from marrying and reproducing, and also effectively stripping all Jews of their German citizenship -
Gestapo Placed Above The Law
The German Gestapo is placed above the law, allowing them to do whatever they want. -
Nazis order Jews to register
Nazis order all Jews above age 15 to register for identity cards to be shown on demmand to any police officer. -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht, or the night of broken glass, was an attack on Jewish homes and businesses that resulted in 91 deaths and over 30,000 Jews arrested and sent to concentration camps, and Jews being fined one billion marks for damage on their own property. -
Goring Takes Charge of "Jewish Question"
Herman Goring is chosen to find the answer to the "Jewish Question", ending in the "Final Solution," or attempted total elimination of all Jewish people -
Nazis Invade Poland
Nazis invade poland and the Nazi SS begins activities in Poland -
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World War II
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Yellow Stars
All Polish Jews over the age of ten are required to wear yellow Stars of David -
Nazis Choose Oswiocim for New Concentration Camp
The Nazis chose the town of Oswiecim, or Auschwitz, in Poland for the site of a new concentration camp. -
Jews Forced to Work
German Jews are ordered into forced labor -
First Use of Zyklon-B
The first test use of the poisenous gas Zyklon-B, which becomes main means of Jewish execution. -
Zyklon-B Put to use
Zyklon-B begins to be used in mass killings of Jews at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Bunker I -
Second Auschwotz Chamber
A second gas chamber is made operational at Auschwitz-Birkenau due to the huge number of Jews being brought in. -
New York Times Reports One Million Jews Killed
The New York Times reports vie the London Daily Telegraph that the Nazis have already killed at least 1,000,000 Jews. -
Germans Begin Burning Bodies
An open pit of burning bodies is used at Auschwits in place of buryin bodies. -
British Secretary Tells of Nazi Crimes
British Foreign Secretary tells the House of Commons of the Nazis extermination of the Jews, and the US declares these crimes will be avenged. -
Experiments Begin at Birkenau
Experiments at Birkenau begin as an attem,pt to sterilize Jewish women -
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More Gas Chambers Added
Gas chambers 3, 4, and 5 are opened at Auschwitz -
Nazis Declare Berlin Judenfrei
The Nazis declare that Berlin has been "cleansed" of all Jews -
Anne Frank Arrested
Anne Frank and her family are arrested in Amsterdam after hiding out from the Nazis -
Last Use of Gas Chambers
The last use of gas chambers at Auschwitz before they are destroyed and the prisoners are moved to get away from the nearing front -
Russians Liberate Auschwitz
Russian troops find and liberate the Auschwitz concentration camp -
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Camps Are Liberated
Allied troops find and liberate the Nazi concentration camps used to hold and kill the Jews -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Adolf commits suicide in his bunker in Berlin after realizing that the war is lost -
Opening of Nuremburg Trials
The Nuremburg trials to try the Nazi leaders for their crimes against humanity in the killing of the Jew opens. -
Goring Commits Suicide
Hermann Goring, the man behind th e"final Solution to the Jewish Question" commits suicide two hours before he wa to be executed with other Nazi war criminals.