The Holocaust
Chronology of the Holocaust
1933 n January 30- Hitler appointed Chancellor n March 22- Dachau concentration camp opens n April 1- Boycott of Jewish businesses n April 7- “Laws for Reestablishment of the Civil Service” n April 26- Gestapo established n May 10- public burning of unapproved books
1934 n August 2- Hitler proclaims himself Führer
1935 n September 15- Nuremburg Laws –Jews no longer German citizens –Marriages between Jews and “Aryans” prohibited –Jews no longer allowed to fly the German flag n November 15- Germany defines a “Jew”
1936 n March 3- Jews barred from serving in the armed forces
1938 n March 13- Anschluss: all anti-semitic decrees applied to Austria n April 26- mandatory registration of all property held by Jews n November Kristallnacht n November 12- decree forcing all Jews to transfer businesses to Aryans n November 15- all Jewish students expelled from German schools
Humiliation of Jewish Students
1939 n January 30- Hitler speech to Reichstag: war will mean “Vernichtung” n September 1- Germany invades Poland n Sept Germany invades Poland; mass shootings by Einsatzgruppen units of Polish Jews begin n October 28- First Polish ghettoes established
1940 n May 20- Concentration camp established at Auschwitz n November 16- Warsaw Ghetto sealed
1941 n March- Adolf Eichmann appointed head of Department for Jewish Affairs n July 21- Majdanek opens n July 31- Reinhard Heydrich appointed to implement the “Final Solution” n October- establishment of Auschwitz II (Birkenau) extermination camp n December 8- Chelmno extermination camp begins operation
Map of the camp System
1942 n January 20- Wannsee Conference n March 17- Belzec extermination camp n May- Sobibor extermination camp n July 22- Treblinka extermination camp
1943 n March- Liquidation of Krakow Ghetto n April 19- Warsaw Ghetto uprising begins n June- Himmler orders liquidation of all ghettoes in Poland and USSR
1944 n July 24- Russians liberate Majdanek n October 7- revolt by Auschwitz inmates Zyklon B canisters found at Majdanek
1945 n May 7-Germany surrenders
The Nuremburg Trial n Dec 9, former SS doctors and scientists go on trial at Nuremberg. Sixteen found guilty, with 7 hanged. n March 11, Former Auschwitz Kommandant Höss found guilty and hanged at Auschwitz, April 16, 1947 n Sept 15, Twenty one former SS leaders go on trial in Nuremberg. 14 sentenced to death, with 4 executed.
The Nuremburg Trial (cont.)
n May 11, Adolf Eichmann is captured in Argentina by Israeli secret service. n April 11 - August 14 - Eichmann on trial in Jerusalem for crimes against the Jewish people, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Found guilty and hanged on May 31, Eichmann Trial
People of the Holocaust n Perpetrators Adolf EichmannReinhard Heydrich Heinrich Himmler
People of the Holocaust n Rescuers Dietrich Bonhoeffer Raoul Wallenberg Oskar Schindler
Prepared by Mark Klopfenstein Blue Valley High School Spring 2001