The first concentration camps in Germany were established soon after Hitler's appointment as chancellor
Boycott of Jewish-owned shops and businesses in Germany.
It cost more money, damaged more property, killed more people, and caused more far-reaching changes than any other war in history.
Sept 1, 1939 Start of WW2
1.5 Million Children died during the Holocaust
Germany invades Poland
Hitler designed the Nazi flag. Red stood for the social idea of Nazism, white for nationalism, and the black swastika for the struggle of the Aryan man
The Soviet Union occupies Poland from the east.
Auschwitz was opened
Battle of Britain begins
Germany invades the Soviet Union
Einsatzgruppen shoot about 34,000 Jews at Babi Yar, outside Kiev.
Einsatzgruppen shoot 10,000 Jews from the Riga ghetto in the Rumbula Forest.
Soviet winter counteroffensive.
Nazi Germany declares war on the United States.
Germans begin the mass deportation of more than 65,000 Jews from Lodz to the Chelmno killing center.
Wannsee Conference held near Berlin, Germany.
Germany launches a new offensive towards the city of Stalingrad.
Germans begin the mass deportation of over 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw ghetto to the Treblinka killing center.
Soviet troops counterattack at Stalingrad, trapping the German Sixth Army in the city.
Battle of Kursk.
Rescue of Jews in Denmark.
D-Day: Allied forces invade Normandy, France.
Soviet winter offensive.
Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz camp complex.