Chronology Quiz 2

1918 

Weimar Republic established in Germany

1919

  World War I officially ends with Treaty of Versailles

1925 

End of Hitler’s imprisonment & publication of Mein Kampf

1929 

Great Depression begins

1930 

Weimar President Paul von Hindenburg invokes Article 48 to rule by decree

1932 

Hitler loses presidential election, Reichstag elections show support for Nazi Party 

Jan 1933 

Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany

Mar 1933 

Enabling Act establishes dictatorship in Germany; Dachau Concentration Camp opens

1935 

Reich Citizenship Law defines defined Jews as a race identified by blood and genealogy, denying Jewish people citizenship

Mar 1938 

Germany invades and annexes Austria

Nov 1938 

Kristallnacht Attacks

Aug 1939 

Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact (Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact) signed

Sept 1939 

Germany invades Poland

May 1940 

Germany invades Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France

June 1940 

First prisoners arrive at Auschwitz

June 1941 

Germany invades Soviet Union

Dec 1941 

US enters World War II after bombing at Pearl Harbor

1942 

Wannsee Conference where “Final Solution” discussed

1943 

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

May 1945 

German forces surrender