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The Holocaust was the death and murder of around 6 million Jews from 1933 to 1945. The deaths of these Jews were caused by Hitler and the Nazi Party.
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Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany. Germany had a Jewish population of 566,000 people.
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The Nazis open Dachau, a concentration camp near Munich. They also open three others, Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen, and Ravensbruck.
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The Nazis start to boycott Jewish shops and other sorts of businesses.
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The Nazis start the infamous book burnings across all of Germany.
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Jews are denied many priviledges, including the right to own land, and the right to remain a German citizen.
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Jews are defied their right for national health insurance.
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The Nazis defy the Jews' right to get Legal Qualifications.
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Germany's President von Hindenburg dies. Hitler is then appointed as the new Fuhrer.
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The Nazis ban Jews from service in the military
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The German Gestapo is now placed over the law.
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The Jews are denied their rights to many of their occupations. These include teachers and dentists.
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Nazi troops enter Austria. Austria has a Jewish population of 200,000 people.
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From April 22, to July 25, the Nazis take away even more Jewish rights, such as the right to practise medicine as a doctor. Jews also have to register their wealth, property and businesses, and Jews over 15 have to have an identity card present on them at all times.
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Jews are now banned from any legal practises.
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17,000 Polish Jews living in Germany are arersted, and sent back to Poland. Poland, however, refuses their entry into the country, and the Jews are subsequently left stranded near the border for several months.
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Kristallnacht- The Night of the Broken Glass happens. Nazis coordinate attacks on Jewish homes and businesses, leaving 91 dead, and 30,000 captured and sent to concentration camps.
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Nazis order for the Jews to hand over all valuables such as silver and gold.
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WWII starts. The Nazis invade Poland. Poland had the largest number of Jews in Europe, with 3.35 million.
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All Jews over the age of 10 are forced to wear a yellow star on their clothes.
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The Nazis decide to build a new concentration camp in Poland, and is named Auschwitz.
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Rudolf Höss is chosen to be the commander of Auschwitz.
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The nazis invade France, Belguim, Holland and Luxembourg. Each country has a significant amount of Jews living in each.
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The Krakow and Warsaw ghettos are sealed off, containing 70,000 and 400,000 Jews, respectively.
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Himmler, a Nazi leader, visits Auschwich, where he orders the expansion of Auschwich to hold an additional 100,000 people.
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The Nazis invade Russia. Russia has a population of 3 million Jews.
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As the German Army keeps advancing, Nazis commit mass murders of Jews in Nazi-controlled territory.
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Japanese soldiers attack the US on Pearl Harbour. The USA and Great Britian then declare war on Japan.
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Hitler and the Nazis declare war on the US. The Americans then declare war against Germany, and concentrates 90% of their military to defeat Hitler.
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The Nazis start using gas as a means of killing Jews in Auschwich. This method of killing spreads to other concentration camps shortly after.
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The New York Times reports that a stunning 1,000,000 Jews have been killed so far.
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The Nazis decide to dig up and start burning all of the bodies instead of burying them, as the bodies contaminated the water underground.
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The Russian Army defeats Germany in Stalingrad, marking the first large defeat of the Nazis.
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A fourth, fifth and sixth gas chambers are opened at Auschwich.
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Published in a Nazi newspaper is a quote saying that Jews have almost all disappeared from Europe.
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American President Roosevelt create the War Refugee Board to help Jews undr Nazi control.
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The infamous battle known as D-Day takes place as Allied Forces land on Normandy beach, France.
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Russian troops liberate the first concentration camp, Majdanek.
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Anne Frank and her family are arrested and sent to Auschwich. Anee is later sent to Bergen-Belsen, where she dies of typhus.
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At Auschwich, a revolt takes place, where Crematory IV is completely destroyed.
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Nazis force over 25,000 Jews to march through rain and snow for over 100 miles, as Allied Forces draw closer.
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In late 1944, a man named Oskar Shindler saves around 1200 Jewish lives by moving them from Plaszow concentration camp to his hometown.
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Russian troops make their way to Auschwich and liberate it. Auschwich is responsible for killing 2,000,000 people, 1,500,000 of which were Jews.
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The US 7th Army liberates the concentration camp known aa Dachau.
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Hitler commits suicide as russian troops surround his bunker in Berlin.
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Germany surrenders unconditionally, ending the Holocaust. The Holocaust was responsible for causing 6,000,000 deaths, and is known as one of the worst genocides in history. We can use the Holocaust as a lesson to never let a tragedy such as this happen ever again.
