1933 — Hitler is appointed German chancellor; Nazis come to power in Germany
All other political parties were banned
First concentration camp, Dachau, was opened to house political prisoners
Hitler withdrew Germany from the League of Nations
1935 — Hitler enacts the Nuremberg Laws
Laws specifically designed to alienate and persecute the Jewish people
Jews became routine targets of stigmatization and persecution
Jews became targets of state-sponsored discrimination, public humiliation, and violence
1936 — Hitler reoccupies the German Rhineland
1938 — Hitler annexes Austria
Nov, 1938 — Kristallnacht, “the night of broken glass”
Jewish synagogues were burned and windows in Jewish homes and shops were smashed
100 Jews were killed and thousands more were arrested
1939 — Hitler invades Czechoslovakia & Poland
Hitler’s invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939 caused Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany, officially beginning World War II
1941-1945 — Jews moved to ghettos and transported in huge numbers to the death camps
1945-1949 — Nuremberg Trials
Series of 13 trials carried out in Nuremberg, Germany
Brought Nazi atrocities to light for the world
Nazi Party officials and high-ranking military officers, along with German industrialists, lawyers, doctors were indicted on charges of crimes against humanity
Attempt to seek justice for the millions of victims of World War II and the Holocaust
1948 — Israel is established as an independent nation and homeland for the Jewish people