1933
-The Nazi party takes power in Germany. Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor,or prime minister of Germany.- Nazis 'temporarily' suspend civil liberties
- The Nazis set up the first concentration camp at Dachau. The first inmates are 200 Communists.
- Books with ideas considered dangerous to Nazi beliefs are burned.
1934
-Hitler combines the positions of chancellor and president to become 'Fuhrer' or leader of Germany.'
- Jewish newspapers can no longer be sold in the streets.
1935
-Jews are deprived of their citizenship and other basic rights.
- The Nazis intensify the persecution of political people that donÕt agree with his philosophy.
1936
-Nazis boycott Jewish-owned business.
- The Olympic Games are held in Germany; signs barring Jews are removed until the event is over.
- Jews no longer have the right to vote.
1938
-German troops annexed Austria.
- On Kristallnacht, the 'Night of Broken Glass,' Nazis terrorized Jews throughout Germany and Austria - 30,000 Jews are arrested.
- Jews must carry id cards and Jewish passports are marked with a "J."
- Jews no longer head businesses, attend plays, concerts, etc.;
all Jewish children are moved to Jewish schools.
- Jewish businesses are shut down; they must sell businesses and hand over securities and jewels.
- Jews must hand over drivers's licenses and car registrations.
- Jews must be in certain places at certain times.
1939
-Germany takes over Czechoslovakia and invades Poland.
- World War II begins as Britain and France declare war on Germany.
- Hitler orders that Jews must follow curfews; Jews must turn in radios to the police; Jews must wear yellow stars of David.
1940
-Nazis begin deporting German Jews to Poland.
- Jews are forced into ghettos.
- Nazis begin the first mass murder of Jews in Poland.
-Jews are put into concentration camps.
1941
-Germany attacks the Soviet Union.
- Jews throughout Western Europe are forced into ghettos.
-Jews may not leave their houses without permission form the police.
-Jews may no longer use public telephones.
1942
-Nazi officials discuss the 'Final Solution' - their plan to kill all European Jews - to the government officials.
-Jews are forbidden to: subscribe to newspapers; keep dogs, cats, birds, etc; keep electrical equipment including typewriters; own bicycles; buy meat, eggs, or mild; use public transportation; attend school.
1943
-February: About 80 to 85 percent of the Jews who would die in the Holocaust have already been murdered.
1944
-Hitler takes over Hungary and begins deporting 12,000 Hungarian Jews each day to Auschwitz where they are murdered.
1945
-Hitler is defeated and World War II ends in Europe.
- The Holocaust is over and the death camps are emptied.
- Many survivors are placed in displaced persons facilities.
1946
-An International Military Tribunal (Judicial assembly) is created by Britain, France,the United States, and the Soviet Union.
- At Nuremburg, Nazi leaders are tried for war crimes by the above Judicial assembly.
1947
-The United Nations establishes a Jewish homeland in British-controlled Palestine, which becomes the State of Israel in 1948.
