Nazi Anti-Jewish Policies and the Holocaust (1933–1945)

1. Nationwide boycott of Jewish businesses

   Apr 1, 1933Labels: Boycott of, Nazi Germany

   • Anne Frank House
   • Holocaust Studies

2. Civil Service Law excludes “non-Aryans”

   Apr 7, 1933Labels: Civil Service, Nazi government

   • Civil Service Law
   • Britannica

3. Nuremberg Laws adopted

   Sep 15, 1935Labels: Nuremberg Laws, Reichstag

   • USHMM
   • Britannica

4. Evian Conference addresses Jewish refugees

   Jul 6, 1938Labels: Evian Conference, Refugee crisis

   • vian

5. “Israel” and “Sara” name decree issued

   Aug 17, 1938Labels: Name decree, Nazi bureaucracy

   • USHMM Timeline

6. Kristallnacht pogroms across the Reich

   Nov 9, 1938Labels: Kristallnacht, SA and

   • Britannica
   • Kristallnacht

7. Warsaw Ghetto established by German order

   Oct 2, 1940Labels: Warsaw Ghetto, German occupation

   • Warsaw Ghetto
   • Warsaw Judenrat

8. Warsaw Ghetto sealed off

   Nov 16, 1940Labels: Warsaw Ghetto, Ghetto sealing

   • Warsaw Judenrat
   • Warsaw Ghetto

9. Operation Barbarossa begins mass shootings era

   Jun 22, 1941Labels: Operation Barbarossa, Einsatzgruppen

   • Babyn Yar USHMM
   • Barbarossa

10. Yellow Star decree in the Reich

    Sep 1, 1941Labels: Yellow Star, Reinhard Heydrich

    • USHMM

11. Babyn Yar mass shooting in Kyiv

    Sep 29, 1941Labels: Babyn Yar, SS Einsatzgruppen

    • USHMM
    • History com

12. Wannsee Conference coordinates the “Final Solution”

    Jan 20, 1942Labels: Wannsee Conference, Final Solution

    • Yad Vashem
    • Wannsee

13. Belzec killing operations begin

    Mar 1, 1942Labels: Belzec, Operation Reinhard

    • USHMM

14. Auschwitz prisoners forced onto death marches

    Jan 17, 1945Labels: Auschwitz death, SS evacuation

    • Auschwitz Calendar
    • USHMM

15. Soviet forces liberate Auschwitz

    Jan 27, 1945Labels: Liberation of, Soviet Army

    • USHMM
    • Auschwitz Museum