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The Holocaust

By bcarlos112
  • Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.

    Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.

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    The Holocaust

  • 40,000 SA and SS men are sworn in as auxiliary police.

    40,000 SA and SS men are sworn in as auxiliary police.

  • Nazi party burns Reichstag building.

    Nazi party burns Reichstag building.

  • Hitler granted emergency powers.

    Hitler granted emergency powers.

    Emergency powers granted to Hitler as a result of the Reichstag fire.

  • Dachau Concentration Camp Opens.

    Dachau Concentration CampSS opens the Dachau concentration camp outside of Munich
  • Hitler becomes a dictator

    Hitler becomes a dictator

    German Parliament passes Enabling Act giving Hitler dictatorial powers.
  • Nazis define Non-Aryan

    Nazis define Non-Aryan

    Nazis issue a Decree defining a non-Aryan as "anyone descended from non-Aryan, especially Jewish, parents or grandparents. One parent or grandparent classifies the descendant as non-Aryan...especially if one parent or grandparent was of the Jewish faith."

  • Nuremberg Race Laws

    Deprived German Jews of their rights of citizenship, giving them the status of "subjects" in Hitler's Reich.

  • Jews banned from many professional jobs & denied tax reductions and child allowances.

    Jews are banned from many professional occupations including teaching Germans, and from being accountants or dentists. They are also denied tax reductions and child allowances.

  • Jews banned from legal practice.

    Jews are prohibited from all legal practices.
  • Hitler threatens Jews.

    Hitler threatens Jews.

    Hitler threatens Jews during Reichstag speech.

  • Over 2 million Jews in Nazi controlled areas.

    Nazis and Soviets divide up Poland. Over two million Jews reside in Nazi controlled areas, leaving 1.3 million in the Soviet area.
  • Isolation of Jews.

    Isolation of Jews.

    Proclamation by Hitler on the isolation of Jews.
  • All Jews to Auschwitz & Majdanek

    All Jews to Auschwitz & Majdanek

    Himmler orders all Jews in concentration camps in Germany to be sent to Auschwitz and Majdanek.
  • Jews arrive at Auschwitz

    Jews arrive at Auschwitz

    First trainloads of Jews from Paris arrive at Auschwitz.
  • Auschwitz liberated.

    Auschwitz liberated.

    Russian troops liberate Auschwitz. By this time, an estimated 2,000,000 persons, including 1,500,000 Jews, have been murdered there.
  • President Roosevelt condemns German and Japanese.

    President Roosevelt condemns German and Japanese.

    President Roosevelt issues a statement condemning German and Japanese ongoing "crimes against humanity."
  • Dachau liberated.

    Dachau liberated.

    U.S. 7th Army liberates Dachau.
  • Hitler commits suicide.

    Hitler commits suicide.

    Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker.
  • Germany surrenders to Western Allies.

    Germany surrenders to Western Allies.

  • Germany surrenders.

    Germany surrenders.

    Germany surrenders to the Soviets