Holocaust

  • Beginning

    Beginning
    Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
  • Hitler proclaims himself

    Hitler proclaims himself Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Reich Chancellor). Armed forces must now swear allegiance to him
  • Laws being published

    Laws being published
    "Nuremberg Laws": anti-Jewish racial laws enacted; Jews no longer considered German citizens; Jews could not marry Aryans; nor could they fly the German flag
  • Categories

    Categories
    Germany defines a "Jew": anyone with three Jewish grandparents; someone with two Jewish grandparents who identifies as a Jew
  • concentration camps

    concentration camps
    Buchenwald concentration camp opens.
  • Using of Gas

    Using of Gas
    Extermination by gas begins in Sobibor killing center; by October 1943, 250,000 Jews murdered
  • Deaths

    Deaths
    Wannsee Conference in Berlin: Heydrich outlines plan to murder Europe's Jews Extermination begins in Belzec; by end of 1942 600,000 Jews murdered Extermination by gas begins in Sobibor killing center; by October 1943, 250,000 Jews murdered
  • Hitlers death

    Hitlers death
    Group of German officers attempt to assassinate Hitler but after 4-5 attempts Hitler took his life, with a gunshot to the head.