The Holocaust

New Chancellor

Jan 30, 1933

Hitler is appointed chancellor of Germany

first concentration camp opened

Mar 22, 1933

Dachau concentration camp opens, established by the nazi government

jewish boycotted

Apr 1, 1933

Germans were told to boycott jewish shops

Nuremberg laws

Sep 15, 1935

Laws were established to take away Jewish rights: jews cannot marry non jews, jews are no longer german citizens.

kristallnacht (the night of broken glass)

Nov 9, 1938

Approximately 100 jews were murdered, 20,000 sent to camps

jews fined

Nov 12, 1938

Jews were forced to pay for the damage caused by kristallnacht

Poland invasion

Sep 1, 1939

Germany invaded Poland

The star

Nov 23, 1939

Jews were forced to sew a star into their clothes so they could be identified.