Holocaust Timeline Holocaust Timeline English 8 Abney/Guastella
Jan 13, 2016
Holocaust Timeline Holocaust Timeline English 8
Abney/Guastella
19331933
Hitler appointed Chancellor1st concentration camp establishedOne day boycott of Jewish businessGestapo establishedPublic book burningNazi Party proclaimed as only legal partyNazis pass a law against “Habitual and
Dangerous Criminals”◦Beggars, homeless, alcoholics, and unemployed
can now be sent to concentration camps
The Face of EvilThe Face of Evil
Concentration CampsConcentration Camps
Selection at campSelection at camp
19341934
Hitler receives a 90% “YES” vote from German voters approving his new powers
Hitler named President and commander in chief
19351935
Jews barred from military serviceNuremberg Laws passed
19361936
Axis formedGermany and Japan sign military pact
19371937
2nd concentration camp established
19381938
Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) Jewish shops and business burned, looted, and synagogues are destroyed
Jews stripped of businesses, educational opportunities, driver’s licenses and car registration
Burning of a synagogueBurning of a synagogue
19391939
World War II begins (invade Poland)All radios must be turned inFirst ghetto established
Jewish Ghetto LocationsJewish Ghetto Locations
19401940
Deportation to concentration camps beginAuschwitz Concentration camp
establishedWarsaw ghetto established
DeportationDeportation
19411941
Mass murder of Jews in the Soviet UnionStar of David (yellow star) issued to all
Jews in areas occupied by NazisJapan attacks Pearl HarborGermany and Italy declare war on United
States
Star of DavidStar of David
19421942
Plans for Final Solution are made – Wannsee Conference (Jan 20)
Extermination by gas beginsDeportations to Auschwitz begin for
extermination
Shoes of victimsShoes of victims
Mass gravesMass graves
19431943
Germany’s Sixth Army surrenders at Stalingrad
Warsaw Ghetto revoltOrders for ghetto liquidation
19441944
Allied invasion: D – Day (June 6)Hitler assassination attempt failsDeath marches beginOrders for destruction of Auschwitcz to
hide evidence
Death MarchDeath March
19451945
American and British troops liberate concentration camps
Hitler commits suicide (April 30)Germany surrenders (May 7)Japan surrenders (August 15): World War
II endsNuremberg Trials begin
Liberation !Liberation !
Free at last !Free at last !
US soldier and victimsUS soldier and victims
Over 1 million children did not surviveOver 1 million children did not survive