timeline of major events 1933 - 1945 By larkmole123 Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany Apr 26, 1933 Gestapo established May 10, 1933 Public burning of books written by Jews, political dissidents, and others not approved by the state Sep 15, 1935 The Nuremberg Laws are put into effect Nov 10, 1935 Kristallnacht or "Crystal Night" occurs Mar 3, 1936 Jewish doctors barred from practicing medicine in German institutions Jul 15, 1937 Buchenwald concentration camp opens Nov 15, 1938 All Jewish pupils expelled from German schools Jan 1, 1939 German Jews are evivted from their homes and forced into ghettos Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland May 20, 1940 Auschwitz becomes a concentration camp Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor Dec 11, 1941 United States declares war on Japan and Germany Mar 17, 1942 Extermination begins in Belzec; by end of 1942 600,000 Jews murdered Apr 19, 1943 Warsaw Ghetto revolt begins as Germans attempt to liquidate 70,000 inhabitants; Jewish underground fights Nazis May 15, 1944 Nazis begin deporting Hungarian Jews; by June 27, 380,000 sent to Auschwitz Jul 20, 1944 Group of German officers attempt to assassinate Hitler Aug 25, 1944 Allies liberate Pearl Harbor Jan 27, 1945 Russia liberates Auschwitz Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide Sep 2, 1945 World war 2 ends
