Timeline

1 March 22, 1933 - Nazis open Dachau concentration camp near Munich, to be followed by Buchenwald near Weimar in central Germany, Sachsenhausen near Berlin in northern Germany, and Ravensbrück for women.

2 April 1, 1933 - Nazis stage boycott of Jewish shops and businesses.

3 In July - Nazis pass law allowing for forced sterilization of those found by a Hereditary Health Court to have genetic defects.

4 August 2, 1934 - German President von Hindenburg dies. Hitler becomes Führer.

5 September 15, 1935 - Nuremberg Race Laws against Jews decreed.

6 November 9/10,1938 - Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass.

7 November 12, 1938 - Nazis fine Jews one billion marks for damages related to Kristallnacht.

8 January 30, 1939 - Hitler threatens Jews during Reichstag speech.

9 September 29, 1939 - Nazis and Soviets divide up Poland. Over two million Jews reside in Nazi controlled areas, leaving 1.3 million in the Soviet area.

10 January 27, 1945 - Russian troops liberate Auschwitz. By this time, an estimated 2,000,000 persons, including 1,500,000 Jews, have been murdered there.