The Holocaust is the name given to the genocide that occurred during World War Two under Hitler and the Nazis. In many retellings of the tragedies that occurred the people involved are simply reduced to numbers. In this timeline some of their stories are included, to explain how they were affected by the events during the Holocaust.
To view their stories simply click on their names,
To view their stories simply click on their names,
Timeline
-1935: Nuremberg Race Laws.
-March 1936: SS established to guard concentration camps.
-March 1936: SS established to guard concentration camps.
-1937: Jews banned from many professional occupations, eg. Teaching, accounting, dentistry.
-March 1938: Anschluss with Austria
-November 1938: Kristallnacht.
-1 September 1939: Nazis invade Poland; WW2 begins.
-October 1939: Ghetto established in Poland.
-23rd November1939: Yellow Star introduced.
-May 1940: Auschwitz is opened.
-March 1938: Anschluss with Austria
-November 1938: Kristallnacht.
-1 September 1939: Nazis invade Poland; WW2 begins.
-October 1939: Ghetto established in Poland.
-23rd November1939: Yellow Star introduced.
-May 1940: Auschwitz is opened.
-November 1940: Warsaw Ghetto sealed off. (40,000 inside)
-6 July 1941: Einsatzgruppen shoot nearly 3,000 Jews at the Seventh Fort.
-28/29 September 1941: Einsatzgruppen shoot further 34,000 Jews outside Kiev.
-July 1942: beginning of mass deportations of nearly 100,000 Jews to east.
-28/29 September 1941: Einsatzgruppen shoot further 34,000 Jews outside Kiev.
-July 1942: beginning of mass deportations of nearly 100,000 Jews to east.
-January 1945: Death Marches.
-27 January 1945: Auschwitz liberated.
-29 April 1945: Dachau liberated.
-27 January 1945: Auschwitz liberated.
-29 April 1945: Dachau liberated.