History of the Holocaust: Timeline
Name: ______________________________
1933
The Nazi Party takes power in
. Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor/prime
minister of Germany-Nazis ‘temporarily’ suspend civil
.
The Nazis set up the first
at Dachau. The first inmates are 200
Communists.
with ideas considered dangerous to Nazi beliefs are
.
1934
Hitler combines the positions of chancellor and president to become ‘Fuhrer’ or
of Germany.
Jewish
can no longer be sold in streets.
1935
Jews are deprived of their
and other basic rights.
The Nazis intensify the persecution of political people that don’t agree with
philosophy.
1936
Nazis
Jewish-owned businesses.
The
are held in Germany; signs barring Jews are removed until the
event is over.
Jews no longer have the right to
.
1938
take over Austria.
On Kristallnacht, the ‘Night of Broken Glass,’ Nazis terrorized Jews throughout Germany and
AustriaJews are arrested.
Jews must carry ID cards, and Jewish passports are marked with a
.
All Jewish children are moved to
schools.
Jewish businesses are
; they must sell businesses and hand over securities
and
.
Jews must hand over
and car registrations.
Jews must be in certain
at certain
.
1939
Germany takes over Czechoslovakia and invades
.
World War II begins as Britain and France
on Germany.
Hitler orders that Jews must follow
; Jews must turn in radios to the
police; Jews must wear the
of David.
Nazis begin
Jews are forced into
Nazis begin the first
Jews are put into
1940
German Jews to Poland.
_
.
of Jews in Poland.
.
1941
Germany attacks the
Jews throughout Western
Jews may not leave their houses without
Jews may no longer use public
.
are forced into ghettos.
from the
.
.
1942
Nazi officials discuss the ‘Final Solution’ – their plan to
all European Jews – to the
government officials.
Jews are
: subscribe to newspapers; keep dogs, cats, birds, etc.; keep
electrical equipment including typewriters; own bicycles; buy meat, eggs, or milk; use public
transportation; attend school.
1943
February: About 80 to 85 percent of the Jews who would
in the Holocaust have already
been
.
1944
Hitler takes over
and begins deporting 12,000
Jews each
day to Auschwitz where they are murdered.
1945
(Person)
is defeated and World War II ends in Europe.
The
is over and the death camps are empties.
Many
are placed in displaced persons facilities.
1946
An
Tribunal (judicial assembly) is created by Britain,
France, the United States, and the Soviet Union.
At
, Nazi leaders are tried for war crimes by the above judicial assembly.
1947
The United Nations establishes a Jewish
in British-controlled
, which becomes the State of
.
“What’s the point of the war? Why, oh, why can’t
people live together peacefully? Why all this
destruction? There’s a destructive urge in people, the
urge to rage, murder and kill. And until all of
humanity, without exception, undergoes a
metamorphosis, wars will continue to be waged, and
everything that has been carefully built up,
cultivated and grown will be cut down and
destroyed, only to start all over again.”
-
Anne Frank
May 3, 1944