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Holocaust Timeline

By jibarragan

  • Adolf Hitler

    Adolf Hitler
    Appointed Chancellor of Germany

  • Concentration Camp

    Concentration Camp
    Nazis open Dachau concentration camp and Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen and Ravensbrück for women.

  • Lose Rights

    Lose Rights
    Jews lose rights as tenants and are relocated into Jewish houses

  • Invasion

    Invasion
    Nazis invade France, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg

  • Defeat-Defend

    Hitler declares war on the United States. President Roosevelt asks Congress for declaration of war on Germany stating, "Never before has there been a greater challenge to life, liberty and civilization." U.S.A. enters the war in Europe to defeat Hitler.

  • Deportation

    The deportation of Jews from Lublin to Belzec

  • Majdanek

    Majdanek
    Russian troops liberate the first concentration camp, at Majdanek where over 360,000 had been murdered.

  • Reichsfuhrer

    Reichsfuhrer
    SS-Reichsführer Himmler commits suicide while in British custody