World War II by Hannah Arneth By hannaharneth Jan 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany. Apr 1, 1933 Boycott of Jewish shops and businesses Aug 2, 1934 Hitler proclaims himself Leader and Reich Chancellor Sep 15, 1935 "Nuremberg Laws": anti-Jewish racial laws enacted; Jews no longer considered German citizens. Nov 15, 1935 Germany defines a "Jew": anyone with three Jewish grandparents as someone with two Jewish grandparents who identifies as a Jew Mar 3, 1936 Jewish doctors barred from practicing medicine in German institutions Mar 7, 1936 Germans march into the Rhineland Jun 17, 1936 Himmler appointed the Chief of German Police Jul 17, 1936 Sachsenhausen concentration camp opens Oct 25, 1936 Hitler and Mussolini form Rome-Berlin Axis Jul 15, 1937 Buchenwald concentration camp opens Jul 6, 1938 Evian Conference held in Evian Sep 30, 1938 Munich Conference Oct 28, 1938 17,000 Polish Jews living in Germany expelled Nov 15, 1938 All Jewish pupils expelled from German schools Mar 15, 1939 Germans occupy Czechoslovakia Sep 1, 1939 Beginning of World War II: Germany invades Poland Nov 23, 1939 Jews in German-occupied Poland forced to wear an arm band or yellow star May 20, 1940 Concentration camp established at Auschwitz Jun 22, 1940 France surrenders Nov 16, 1940 Warsaw Ghetto sealed: ultimately contained 500,000 people Jul 22, 1941 Germany invades the Soviet Union Sep 28, 1941 34,000 Jews massacred at Babi Yar outside Kiev 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 May 1, 1942 Extermination by gas begins in Sobibor killing center; by October 1943, 250,000 Jews murdered Oct 14, 1943 Armed revolt in Sobibor extermination camp Jun 6, 1944 D-Day: Allied invasion at Normandy Nov 8, 1944 Beginning of death march of approximately 40,000 Jews from Budapest to Austria Apr 3, 1945 Hitler commits suicide Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders; end of World War II
