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1933 January 30- Hitler appointed Chancellor March 22- Dachau concentration camp opens April 1- Boycott of Jewish businesses April 7- “Laws for Reestablishment of the Civil
Service” April 26- Gestapo established May 10- public burning of unapproved books
1935 September 15- Nuremburg Laws
– Jews no longer German citizens– Marriages between Jews and “Aryans”
prohibited– Jews no longer allowed to fly the German
flag November 15- Germany defines a “Jew”
1938 March 13- Anschluss: all anti-semitic decrees
applied to Austria April 26- mandatory registration of all property
held by Jews November 9-10- Kristallnacht November 12- decree forcing all Jews to
transfer businesses to Aryans November 15- all Jewish students expelled
from German schools
1939 January 30- Hitler speech to Reichstag:
war will mean “Vernichtung” September 1- Germany invades Poland Sept. 1939 - Germany invades Poland;
mass shootings by Einsatzgruppen units of Polish Jews begin
October 28- First Polish ghettoes established
1941 March- Adolf Eichmann appointed head of
Department for Jewish Affairs July 21- Majdanek opens July 31- Reinhard Heydrich appointed to
implement the “Final Solution” October- establishment of Auschwitz II
(Birkenau) extermination camp December 8- Chelmno extermination camp
begins operation
1942
January 20- Wannsee Conference March 17- Belzec extermination camp May- Sobibor extermination camp July 22- Treblinka extermination camp
1943
March- Liquidation of Krakow Ghetto April 19- Warsaw Ghetto uprising
begins June- Himmler orders liquidation of all
ghettoes in Poland and USSR
1944
July 24- Russians liberate Majdanek October 7- revolt by Auschwitz inmates
Zyklon B canistersfound at Majdanek
The Nuremburg Trial Dec 9, 1946 - 23 former SS doctors and
scientists go on trial at Nuremberg. Sixteen found guilty, with 7 hanged.
March 11, 1946 - Former Auschwitz Kommandant Höss found guilty and hanged at Auschwitz, April 16, 1947
Sept 15, 1947 - Twenty one former SS leaders go on trial in Nuremberg. 14 sentenced to death, with 4 executed.
May 11, 1960 - Adolf Eichmann is captured in Argentina by Israeli secret service.
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, 1962.
Eichmann Trial