World War II by Carolyn Brewer

  • Hitler was appointed German leader

    Hitler rose to power
  • Burning of "Un-German" books

    Nazi soldiers went through german homes and burned books that were against their propaganda
  • Hitler abolishes the Office of President

    Hitler declared himself as Germany's sole leader and abolished the presidential office
  • Buchenwald concentration camp opens

    The Buchenwald concentration camp opens for male prisoners in east-central Germany
  • Antisemetic exhibition opens in Munich

    A exhibition against jews opened up showing what a stereotypical jew looked like and the penalty for a jew that was caught
  • German annexation of Austria

    German troops invaded Austria and incorporated it into the German Reich
  • Anti-Jewish laws in Hungary

    Laws against Jews were established in Hungary
  • Munich Agreement

    An agreement was signed that made Czechoslavia surrender its defenses and border regions
  • German Jew's passports declared invalid

    All Jewish Germans' passports were made invalid until the letter "J" was stamped on them.
  • Kristallnacht

    Anti-jewish raids and riots took place all throughout Germany
  • Exclusion of Jews from German economic life

    Laws were passed the prevented Jews from engaging in any type of trade and selling any type of goods or services
  • First kindertransport arrived in Britain

    Kindertransport was a system to transport kids away from Germany into safe places
  • St. Louis sets sail

    A ship full of Jewish people set sail in order to flee nazi germany
  • WWII Started

    The beginning of World War II
  • Germany invasion of Poland

    Germany moved nazi troops into Poland
  • Britain and France declare war

    Due to the movement of nazi troops into Poland, Britain and France declared war on Germany
  • Auschwitz camp established

    The Auschwitz camp was the largest of its kind
  • Warsaw ghetto sealed

    the ghetto was sealed trapping more than 350,000 jews inside
  • Krakow ghetto established

    The ghetto was established and between 15,000 and 20,000 jews were forced to stay there
  • Kovno ghetto sealed

    The ghetto held around 30,000 jews
  • Soviet prisoners of war in Minsk

    Soviets were taken as prisoners of war and heavily mistreated. Some escaped but most died as prisoners of war.
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japan bombed America's harbors, specifically Pearl Harbor
  • Gassing operations begin at Treblinka

    The gassing and killing at Treblinka started
  • Death penalty for aiding jews

    A law was put into action that made it so everyone who was assisting jews- whether it be transporting them or providing lodging- would be punished by the death sentence.
  • End of WWII

    World War II ended