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President von Hindenburg appoints Hitler as the Chancellor of Germany by recommendation of his political advisors. Over the course over the next year Hitler begins to take full control and authority over Germany. -
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These racist laws stripped Jews of German citizenship and banned marriages between Jews and non-Jews, forcing anti-semitic discrimination. -
A state sponsored program that caused Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues to be destroyed through Germany and Austria. -
The start of WWII led to increased to persecution of Jews. Ghettos were established in occupied Poland, forcing Jews into overcrowded conditions. -
The Nazis confined Jews in Ghettos such as those in Warsaw. Where starvation, disease, and brutal conditions killed thousands. -
High ranking Nazi officials formalized the "Final Solution", a plan to murder all Jews in Europe using concentration camps. -
Mass killings begin in extermination camps like Auschwitz. -
Jewish resistance fighters launched an armed revolt against Nazi forces, delaying the Warsaw Ghetto for nearly a month before being demolished -
Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz, revealing the horrors of the concentration camps to the world. This date is now observed as international Holocaust remembrance day/ -
Leading Nazi officials begin to be tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The trials established legal guideline for prosecuting genocide and war crimes.