Bearing Witness to the Holocaust
Timeline of the Holocaust
German Empire
Pre-WWI
The Weimar Republic
1919-1933
Hitler appointed Chancellor
Jan 30, 1933
Hitler dissolves the Reichstag
Feb 1, 1933
Fire in the Reichstag Building
Feb 27-28, 1933
Election is Held
Mar 5, 1933
Enabling Act Passed
Mar 23, 1933
The Night of Long Knives
Jun 30, 1934 - Jul 2, 1934
SS Independence from SA
Jul 20, 1934
Death of Hindenburg
Aug 2, 1934
Jehovah's Witnesses Banned
May 1, 1935
Nuremberg Laws Passed
Sep 1, 1935
Compulsory Middle Name for Jews
Aug 7, 1938
Kristallnacht
Nov 9, 1938
Auschwitz-Birkenau Constructed
Mar 1, 1941
Deportation of Sinti and Roma
Dec 16, 1942
Deportation of Hungarian Jews
May 15, 1944
Start of the Death March from Auschwitz
Jan 18, 1945
Hitler's Suicide
April 30, 1945
Germany Surrenders
May 7, 1945
World War II Ends
Aug 15, 1945
Nuremberg Trials
Nov 20, 1945
Anti-Semitic Acts
Current
Citation:
[1] theholocaustexplained.org
[2] German Bundestag
[3] The Coming of the Third Reich - Richard J. Evans
[4] Holocaust Encyclopedia
[5] annefrank.org