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Germany invaded Polan in 1939.
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The systematic killing begins of those Germans whom the Nazis deem "unworthy of life".
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The Germans announce the establishment of a ghetto in Warsaw. It was the largest ghetto.
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German mobile kiling squads, called special duty units, are assigned to kill Jews during the invasion fo the Soviet Union.
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Germany Invaded The Soviet Union in June 1941.
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Experimental gassings are carried out at the gas chamber in Auschwitz I, the main camp at Auschwitz in southern Poland.
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On September 21, 1941, the eve of the Jewish New Year, a mobile killing squad entered Ejszyszki. It was one of hundreds of cities, towns, and shtetls whose Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.
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About 34000 Jews Killed at Babi Yar.
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In the so-called "Jaeger Report," SS colonel Karl Jaeger reports his suad killed 137346 Jews.
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The Chelmno killing center begins operation. It is the first Nazi camp to use gase for mass killing.
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The Wannsee Conference, a meeting between the SS and German agencies, opens in Berlin.The Wannsee Conference was the place where the "Final Solution" formally revealed.
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Over 300000 people are deported from the Warsaw ghetto: more than 250000 of them are deported to the Treblinka killing center.
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The Germans decide to eliminate the Warsaw ghetto and announce new deportations in April 1943. Most people in ghetto refuse to report for deportation.
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The first documented gassing at the women's camp at Ravensbrueck occurs.