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Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933. this marks the beginning of the nazi regime, which would soon implement policies targeting Jews and other minorities. -
the Nuremberg laws were passed, which institutionalized racial discrimination by defending who is considered Jewish and stripping Jews of their citizenship and basic rights. -
A coordinated attack on Jewish businesses, synagogues, and homes occurs across Nazi Germany and Austria. the event, known as Kristallnacht, marks the escalation of violence against Jews. -
nazi Germany invades Poland, initiating world war ll. The invasion leads to the occupation of Poland and the systematic persecution of its Jewish population. -
the nazi established the first major concentration camp in Poland, including Auschwitz, which would later become one of the most infamous sites of the Holocaust. By 1940, concentration camps were used for the imprisonment of Jews, political prisoners, and other targeted groups. -
Following the invasion of the soviet union, the nazis deployed the Einsatzgruppe, mobile killing units tasked with executing Jews, aroma, and soviet POWs by shooting. This leads to mass executions, particularly in Eastern Europe. -
High - ranking nazi officials meet at the Wannasee conference to discuss and coordinate the implementation of the " final solution," a plan to exterminate the Jewish population of eurpoe. -
in the spring and summer of 1944, nazi forces begin the mass deportation of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz and other death camps. by the time the deportations ended in 1944, more than 400,000 hungarian jews had been sent to their death. -
As Allied forces advance into nazi- occupied Europe, they liberate several concentration camps. on April 15, 1945, British forces liberated the Bergen-Belsen camo, and on May 7, 1945, Germany surrendered, effectively ending the holocaust.