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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was appointd Chancellor of Germany -
Hitler
Hitler proclaims himself Leader and Reich Chancellor. Armed forces must now swear allegiance to him -
Nuremberg Law
Nuremberg Law was the first anti-Jweish racial law wnacted; Jews no longer considered Geramn citizens; Jews couldn't marry Arynas or could they fly the German flag -
Defines Jew
Germany defines a "Jew" as, someone with three Jewish grandparents. -
Concentration Camp
Sachsenhausen concentration camp opens -
Buchenwald
Buchenwald concentration camp opens -
Reichfuhrer
Reichfuhrer SS Himmler (chief of the SS untis) appointed the Chief of German Police. -
Adolf Eichmann
Adolf Eichmann estbalishes the Office of Jewish Emigration in Vienna to increase the pace of forced emigration. -
Letter J
Following request by Swiss authorities, Germans mark all Jewishpassports with a large letter "J" to restrict Jews from immigarting to Switzerland -
Polish Jews
17,000 Polish Jews living in Germany expelled; Poles refused to admit them; 8,000 are stranded in the frontier village of Zbaszyn -
Mark Fine
One billion mark fine levied against German Jews for the destruction of property during Kristallnacht -
World War II
Beginning of World War II , Germany invades Poland, In the following weels, 16.336 civilians are murdered by the Nazues in 714 localities. At least 5,000 victims were Jews -
Ghetto
Heydrich issues directives to establish ghettis in Gernab-occupied Poland. -
Hitler Speech
Hitler in Reuchstag speech: if war wrupts it will mean the Vernichtug (extermination) of European Jews -
Gas Chamber at Auschwitz
Gas chambers were the largest room in Crematorium I at Auschwitz. The room was orignially used as a mortuary but was converted in 1941 into a gas chamber where Soviet POWs and Jews were killed -
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria -
Surrender
Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945. Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II -
Boycott
Boycott of the Jewish shops and businesses -
The Law
The law for Reesrtablishment of the Civil Servie barred Jews from holding civil service, university and state positions -
Mandatory registration
Mandatory registration of all propery held by Jews inside the Reich -
Krisallnacht
Krisallnacht means Night of Broken Glass. The anti-Jweish pogrom in Germany, male Jews sent to concentration camps (Dachau, Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen) -
Concentration Camp Liberation
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Twin Survivors
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Hitlers Speech