

Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed: non-aggression pact between Soviet Union and Germanyīeginning of World War II: Germany invades Poland Hitler in Reichstag speech: "if war erupts it will mean the Vernichtung (extermination) of European Jews" One billion Marks fine levied against German Jews for the destruction of property during Kristallnacht

Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass): anti-Jewish pogrom in Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland 200 synagogues destroyed 7,500 Jewish shops looted 30,000 male Jews sent to concentration camps (Dachau, Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen)ĭecree forcing all Jews to transfer retail businesses to Aryan handsĪll Jewish pupils expelled from German schools Munich Conference: Great Britain and France agree to German occupation of the Sudetenland, previously western Czechoslovakiaįollowing request by Swiss authorities, Germans mark all Jewish passports with a large letter "J" to restrict Jews from immigrating to Switzerlandġ7,000 Polish Jews living in Germany expelled Poles refused to admit them 8,000 are stranded in the frontier village of ZbaszynĪssassination in Paris of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan
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Mandatory registration of all property held by Jews inside the ReichĮvian Conference held in Evian, France on the problem of Jewish refugeesĪdolf Eichmann establishes the Office of Jewish Emigration in Vienna to increase the pace of forced emigration Hitler and Mussolini form Rome-Berlin AxisĪnschluss (incorporation of Austria): all antisemitic decrees immediately applied in Austria Himmler appointed the Chief of German Police Germans march into the Rhineland, previously demilitarized by the Versailles Treaty Jewish doctors barred from practicing medicine in German institutions Germany defines a "Jew": anyone with three Jewish grandparents someone with two Jewish grandparents who identifies as a Jew "Nuremberg Laws": anti-Jewish racial laws enacted Jews no longer considered German citizens Jews could not marry Aryans nor could they fly the German flag Jews barred from serving in the German armed forces Armed forces must now swear allegiance to him Hitler proclaims himself Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Reich Chancellor). Law stripping East European Jewish immigrants of German citizenship Public burning of books written by Jews, political dissidents, and others not approved by the state Laws for Reestablishment of the Civil Service barred Jews from holding civil service, university, and state positions

Click on the dates above to explore the Holocaust timeline.Īdolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
