Transcript Holocaust Timeline and Terminology

Holocaust Timeline
English 8
Abney/Guastella
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Hitler appointed Chancellor
1st concentration camp established
One day boycott of Jewish business
Gestapo established
Public book burning
Nazi Party proclaimed as only legal party
Nazis pass a law against “Habitual and
Dangerous Criminals”
◦ Beggars, homeless, alcoholics, and
unemployed can now be sent to concentration
camps
1933
The Face of Evil
Concentration Camps
Selection at camp
Hitler receives a 90% “YES” vote from
German voters approving his new powers
 Hitler named President and commander in
chief
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1934
Jews barred from military service
 Nuremberg Laws passed
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1935
Axis formed
 Germany and Japan sign military pact
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1936
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2nd concentration camp established
1937
Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)
Jewish shops and business burned,
looted, and synagogues are destroyed
 Jews stripped of businesses, educational
opportunities, driver’s licenses and car
registration
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1938
Burning of a synagogue
World War II begins (invade Poland)
 All radios must be turned in
 First ghetto established
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1939
Jewish Ghetto Locations
Deportation to concentration camps begin
 Auschwitz Concentration camp established
 Warsaw ghetto established
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1940
Deportation
Mass murder of Jews in the Soviet Union
 Star of David (yellow star) issued to all
Jews in areas occupied by Nazis
 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
 Germany and Italy declare war on United
States
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1941
Star of David
Plans for Final Solution are made –
Wannsee Conference (Jan 20)
 Extermination by gas begins
 Deportations to Auschwitz begin for
extermination
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1942
Shoes of victims
Mass graves
Germany’s Sixth Army surrenders at
Stalingrad
 Warsaw Ghetto revolt
 Orders for ghetto liquidation
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1943
Allied invasion: D – Day (June 6)
 Hitler assassination attempt fails
 Death marches begin
 Orders for destruction of Auschwitcz to
hide evidence
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1944
Death March
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American and British troops liberate
concentration camps
Hitler commits suicide (April 30)
Germany surrenders (May 7)
Japan surrenders (August 15): World War
II ends
Nuremberg Trials begin
1945
Liberation !
Free at last !
US soldier and victims
Over 1 million children did not survive