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Became Chancellor
Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. -
First Concentration Camp
Nazi's opened Dachau concentration camp in Germany. -
Jewish shops boycotted
Germans weren't allowed to buy from jewish shops. -
"Undesireables" sent to camps
A law was passed against Habitual and Dangerous Criminals. This allowed homeless, alcoholics and unemployed to be sent to camps. -
Nuremberg Laws
The Nuremberg Laws took away Jewish citizenship and Jews cannot marry non-Jews. -
Jewish synagogue destroyed
The Nazi's destroyed the Jewish synagogue in Munich. -
Stamping of Jewish passports
A large red "J" was stamped on all passports of Austrian and German Jews. -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht is also referred to as the night of broken glass. Around 100 Jews were murdered, 20,000 German and Austrian Jews were sent to concentration camps,synagogues were burned and Jewish shops were destroyed. -
Introduction of the yellow star
In order to be easily identified, Jews in Poland were forced to wear a yellow star on the clothes. -
First death camp
The first death camp was opened in Chelmo. The Jews were loaded into vans. As they were driven to the new camp, carbon monoxide was fed into the compartment to kill them. -
Mass-gassing
Mass-gassing using Zyklon-B began at Auschwitz-Birkenau. -
Gypsies were sent to camps
Nazi's ordered for all gypsies to be sent to death camps. -
Death camps closed
When the Russians began to advance from the east death camps began to close and evidence was destroyed. -
Last gas chambers used
The last time the gas chambers were used were in Auschwitz. -
Death marches began
As the camps were closed and evidence was destroyed, the surviving prisoners were forced to go on death marches. -
Hitler committed suicide
Knowing he was about to lose the war, Hitler committed suicide in his Berling bunker. -
Surrender of Germany
Germany surrenders ending the war in Europe.
