The Holocaust

  • Adolf Hitler Becomes Leader Of The Nazi Party

    Adolf Hitler Becomes Leader Of The Nazi Party
    Recently released from prison after serving 9 months for treason, Adolf Hitler declares the reformulation of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) with himself as leader. He makes the declaration at the Munich beer hall where the aborted coup of 1923 began.
  • Hitler Campaign Speech

    Hitler Campaign Speech
    Nazi supporters at a campaign rally in Waldenburg, Germany. In a speech, Hitler attacks the Weimar Republic and pledges to dissolve the parliamentary system.
  • Establishment Of The Dachau Camp

    Establishment Of The Dachau Camp
    The SS establishes the Dachau concentration camp in March 1933
  • Hitler Abolishes The Office Of President

    Hitler Abolishes The Office Of President
    Hitler becomes the absolute dictator 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
  • Reichstag's Speech

    Reichstag's Speech
    Hitler declares that the outbreak of war would mean the end of European Jewry.
  • Death Penalty For Aiding Jews

    Death Penalty For Aiding Jews
    German poster, issued during mass deportations to Treblinka, announcing death penalty for aiding Jews who fled the Warsaw ghetto
  • Danish Jews Escape

    Danish Jews Escape
    From September 20 into October, approximately 7,200 Danish Jews escape to Sweden.
  • The Deportation Of The Hungarian Jews

    The Deportation Of The Hungarian Jews
    From mid-May until July 9, 1944, Hungarian gendarmerie officials, under the guidance of German SS officials, deport some 440,000 Jews from Hungary.
  • Death March From Auschwitz

    Death March From Auschwitz
    As Soviet troops approach, SS units begin the final evacuation of prisoners from the Auschwitz camp complex.
  • The Nazi Plan

    The Nazi Plan
    The film “The Nazi Plan” is shown as evidence at the International Military Tribunal.
  • Adolf Eichmann Found Guilty

    Adolf Eichmann Found Guilty
    Adolf Eichmann is found guilty of crimes against the Jewish people.