Phases of the Holocaust

Boycott, 1933

Hitler announced a boycott of all Jewish businesses, which isolated Jews both socially and economically from German society.

The Nuremberg Laws, 1935

Laws were passed depriving German Jews of their citizenship and banning marriages between Jews and non-Jews. All Jews were forced to wear a yellow Star of David so that they could be easily identified.

Kristallnacht, 1938

On November 10, 1938, Nazi officials unleashed a savage nationwide campaign of terror against Germany’s Jewish population. Many Jews were killed and hundreds of Jewish- owned shops as well as synagogues were destroyed. Over 30,000 Jews were sent arrested and sent to camps.

Ghettos, 1939

Ghettos, confined areas within a city, were established in eastern Europe. Jews throughout Europe were forced form their homes and moved to ghettos.

Camps,

Jews and other enemies of the state were sent to camps. Death camps, such as Auschwitz, were specifically designed as death camps; no one sent to the death camps was meant to come out alive.

Deportation,

The Nazis systematically rounded up Jews to transport them to death camps built in Eastern Europe.

The Final Solution,

Nazi officials created a plan to kill all European Jews. Six million Jews were killed, as were five million others, including Gypsies, the disabled, and dissenters of the Nazi Party.

Liberation,

Death and Concentration Camps are liberated by Soviet and American troops.