| 30 January 1933 |
The Nazi Party Came to Power in Germany. |
| 1 April 1933 |
Nazis organised nationwide boycott of Jewish businesses in Germany. |
| 10 May 1933 |
Nazis burned books written by Jews during public rallies in Germany. |
| 13 September 1935 |
The Nuremberg “Racial” Laws are introduced. |
| 12 March 1933 |
Germany invaded Austria in what was called “The Anschluss” |
| 9-10 November 1938 |
“Kristallnacht”, The Night of Broken Glass, the Nazis burned synagogues, looted Jewish homes and businesses, and arrested and imprisoned approximately 30,000 Jewish men. |
| 1 September 1939 |
Germany invaded Poland, marking the beginning of World War II |
| 3 September 1939 |
Australia is at war with Germany as a consequence of Britain declaring war on Germany, |
| 20 May 1940 |
SS authorities established the Auschwitz concentration camp. |
| 30 June 1940 |
Germany ordered the first major Jewish Ghetto, in Lodz. |
| 15 November 1940 |
Germany ordered the Warsaw Ghetto to be sealed off, confining more than 350,000 Jews. |
| 15 September 1941 |
Nazi government decreed that Jews who resided in Germany had to wear a yellow Star of David on their outer clothing in public at all times. |
| 29 September 1941 |
SS units shot an estimated 33,000 Jews at Babi Yar, a ravine on the outskirts of Kiev (in Ukraine). |
| 15 October 1941 |
Deportations of Jews from Germany to the ghettos in Poland. |
| October 1941 |
SS begin preparation for Operation Reinhard with the goal of murdering the Jews of Germany. |
| 8 December 1941 |
Gassing operations began at Chelmo, one of the six Nazi killing centres. |
| 20 January 1942 |
Senior Nazi officials met for The Wannsee Conference to discuss and coordinate implementation of the “Final Solution”. |
| 27 March 1942 |
German authorities began deportations of Jews from France to camps in the East, predominantly to Auschwitz. |
| 4 May 1942 |
SS officials performed the first selection of victims for gassing at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Between May 1940 and January 1945, more than one million people were killed or died at the Auschwitz camp complex. |
| 22 July 1942 |
Between 22 July and 12 September, SS authorities deported approximately 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to killing centres and concentration camps, the majority were sent to Treblinka. |
| 23 July 1942 |
Gassing operations began at Treblinka. |
| 19 April 1943 |
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Jewish fighters resisted the German attempt to liquidate the Ghetto for three weeks. |
| 15 May 1944 |
SS deported nearly 430,000 Jews from Hungary. Most were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau where they were immediately killed. |
| 30 October 1944 |
The last transport of Jews from Theresienstadt arrived at Auschwitz. During October, SS officials deported approximately 18,000 Jews to Auschwitz. Most were killed in the gas chambers on arrival. |
| 25 November 1944 |
The SS began to demolish the gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau. |
| 17 January 1945 |
As Soviet troops approached, SS units evacuated prisoners in the Auschwitz camp complex, marching them on foot. The forced evacuations came to be called “death marches“. |
| 27 January 1945 |
Soviet troops liberated about 8000 prisoners left behind at Auschwitz. |
| 11 April 1945 |
US troops liberated more than 20,000 prisoners at Buchenwald. |
