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The Dachau concentration camp opens
The first concentration camp, Dachau, opens outside of Munich -
Boycott of Jewish buisnesses
A boycott of Jewish-owned shops and buisness is placed in Germany -
Germany incorperates Austria
Germany incorperates Austria into the Anschluss (Union) -
WWII starts
Germany invades Poland, which starts World War II in Europe -
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, and the United Staes declares war the next day -
Germany declares war on the US
Nazi Germany declares war on the United States -
Germany starts a mass deportation
Germany begains a mass deportation of more then 65,000 Jews from Lodz to the Chelmno killing center -
Germans begin mass deportation from the Netherlands
Germany begins a mass deportation of nearly 100,000 Jews from the Netherlands to the east (primarily to Auschwitz) -
Germans begin mass deportation from Warsaw ghetto
Germans begins a mass deportation of over 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw ghetto to the Treblinka killing centre -
An uprising begins
The Warsaw ghetto uprising begins -
Rescue of Jews
The rescue of Jews in Denmark -
Death march
Death march from the Auschwitz camp system in southern Poland -
Death march
Death march from the Stutthof camp system in Northern Poland -
Link to Holocaust discussion and footage
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American forces step in
American forces liberate the Dachau concentration camp -
Suicide
Adolf Hitler commits suicide -
Germany surrenders
Germany surrenders to the Western allies -
Germany surrenders
Germany surrenders to the Soviets
