War World II (Holocaust)

  • Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany

    Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany
  • Nazi Party is declared the only legal party in Germany.

  • Jews are banned from the German Labor Front.

  • Hitler receives a 90% "yes" vote from German voters approving his new powers.

  • Nazis ban Jews from serving in the MIlitary.

    Nazis ban Jews from serving in the MIlitary.
  • Nazis occupy thte Rhineland

  • Jews are banned from many professional occupations.

  • Forced labor decreee issued for Polish Jews ages 14-60

    Forced labor decreee issued for Polish Jews ages 14-60
  • Yellow stars had to be worn by Polish Jews over age 10

    Yellow stars had to be worn by Polish Jews over age 10
  • A pogrom in Romania results in over 2,00 Jews killed

  • German Jews are banned from using public transportation.

    German Jews are banned from using public transportation.
  • German surrender to Russian troops at Stalingrad in the first big defeat of Hitler's armies

  • D-Day: Allied landings in Normandy on the coast of northern France.

  • Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker

  • Americans free 33,000 inmates from concentration camps