WWII and Holocaust in Europe

Adolf Hitler elected chancellor of Germany

Jan 30, 1933

What started it all........... :(

WWII and Holocaust

Period: Jan 30, 1933 to May 8, 1945

Race laws against Jews decreed (everywhere except Denmark)

Sep 15, 1935

What led to the Holocaust, but Denmark was not part of this.

Start WWII in Europe, Germany invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

The start of WWII in Europe

Great Britain and France declare war on Germany

Sep 3, 1939

When France and Great Britain got involved.

Germany took control of Denmark

Apr 9, 1940

This event is significant because now the Jews in Denmark are in trouble, and Germany is now in control of Denmark.

Exclution of Denmark's Jews from final solution

Apr 9, 1940

Germany decided "for now" that since there were not many jews in Denmark that they would exclude them from hitler's final solution. Germany was also friends with Denmark.

Hitler's final solution

Jan 20, 1942

This caused the rest of europe's jews to be deported to concentration camps.

Hitler preposes deportation of jews in Denmark

Sep 9, 1943

This is why the Rosens had to leave denmark, and Germany decided that the Jews in Denmark would no longer be excluded from the final solution.

Roundup of Jews in Denmark

Oct 1, 1943

The Danish government and the resistance refused to let them take the Jews.

Jews travel to Sweden safely

Nov 1, 1943

Resistance workers and the danish government work to move the jews to sweden. 7,200 got to sweden safly, and only 700 went to concentration camps. at the time that was very little.

WWII ended in Europe

May 8, 1945

The war in europe is over!