History Of The Holocaust: Timeline

History of the Holocaust: Timeline Name: ______1933 The Nazi Party takes power in . Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor/prime minister of Germany-Nazis ‘temporarily’ suspend civil .

The Nazis set up the first at Dachau. The first inmates are 200 Communists. with ideas considered dangerous to Nazi beliefs are .

1934 Hitler combines the positions of chancellor and president to become ‘Fuhrer’ or of Germany. Jewish can no longer be sold in streets. 1935 Jews are deprived of their and other basic rights. The Nazis intensify the persecution of political people that don’t agree with philosophy. 1936 Nazis Jewish-owned businesses. The are held in Germany; signs barring Jews are removed until the event is over. Jews no longer have the right to . 1938 take over Austria. On Kristallnacht, the ‘Night of Broken Glass,’ Nazis terrorized Jews throughout Germany and Austria- Jews are arrested. Jews must carry ID cards, and Jewish passports are marked with a . All Jewish children are moved to schools. Jewish businesses are ; they must sell businesses and hand over securities and . Jews must hand over and car registrations. Jews must be in certain at certain .

1939 Germany takes over Czechoslovakia and invades . World War II begins as Britain and France on Germany. Hitler orders that Jews must follow ; Jews must turn in radios to the police; Jews must wear the of David.

1940 Nazis begin German Jews to Poland. Jews are forced into _ . Nazis begin the first of Jews in Poland. Jews are put into . 1941 Germany attacks the . Jews throughout Western are forced into ghettos. Jews may not leave their houses without from the . Jews may no longer use public . 1942 Nazi officials discuss the ‘Final Solution’ – their plan to all European Jews – to the government officials. Jews are : subscribe to newspapers; keep dogs, cats, birds, etc.; keep electrical equipment including typewriters; own bicycles; buy meat, eggs, or milk; use public transportation; attend school. 1943 February: About 80 to 85 percent of the Jews who would in the Holocaust have already been . 1944 Hitler takes over and begins deporting 12,000 Jews each day to Auschwitz where they are murdered. 1945 (Person) is defeated and World War II ends in Europe. The is over and the death camps are empties. Many are placed in displaced persons facilities. 1946 An Tribunal (judicial assembly) is created by Britain, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union. At , Nazi leaders are tried for war crimes by the above judicial assembly. 1947 The United Nations establishes a Jewish in British-controlled , which becomes the State of .

“What’s the point of the war? Why, oh, why can’t people live together peacefully? Why all this destruction? There’s a destructive urge in people, the urge to rage, murder and kill. And until all of humanity, without exception, undergoes a metamorphosis, wars will continue to be waged, and everything that has been carefully built up, cultivated and grown will be cut down and destroyed, only to start all over again.” - Anne Frank