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Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in January 1933, but his maneuvering for authoritarian control of the country was not yet complete.
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Dachau is the first concentration to open its doors.
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By this time, Hitler had mostly completed the seizure of the full power.
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Anti-semitic racial laws are passed. Jews are no longer considered german citizens.
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Anti-Jewish pogrom in Germany and Austria: 200 synagogues destroyed; 7 500 Jewish shops looted; 30 000 male Jews sent to concentration camps.
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Germany invades Poland, marking the beginning of World War II. Great Britain and France later responded by declaring war on Germany on September 3rd.
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Germany begins deportation of Austrian and Czech Jews to camps in Poland.
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A concentration camp is established at Auschwitz. Over 1 million Jews were murdered there in about 4 years and a half.
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The construction of Auschwitz II (largest part of the Auschwitz complex) for the extermination of Jews.
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German Jews are now required to wear a yellow star of David with the word "Jude" written on it.
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A massive deportation of Jews to killing centers from Belgium, Croatia, France, the Netherlands, and Poland takes place during summer 1942. There is armed resistance made by Jews in some ghettos.
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Himmler orders the liquidation of all ghettos in Poland and the Soviet Union
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During spring 1944, the Red Army starts to repel Nazis forces, liberating concentration, extermination and labor camps.
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Evacuation of Auschwitz by the Germans, 9 days before the Red Army arrived. It is the beginning of the largest death march. Around 15 000 Jews oute of 56 000 died on the way to Wodzislaw, where they were sent to other camps.
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The Holocaust ans World War II in Europe end on May 8 1945 with the capitulation of Germany, after around 6 millions Jews were killed.
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The Japanese delegation formally signs the instrument of surrender, giving an official ending to World War II.
