How and why did the Holocaust happen? Jewish men, women and children being rounded up for execution by German forces in Lithuania in 1942. Courtesy of The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Jewish men, women and children being rounded up for execution by German forces in Lithuania in 1942. Courtesy of The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 1 / 1 In 1941, the Nazis’ persecution of the Jews became a genocide . In just under four years, millions of people were deliberately murdered at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators. This mass murder became known as the Holocaust.
How and why did the Holocaust happen? Jewish men, women and children being rounded up for execution by German forces in Lithuania in 1942. Courtesy of The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Jewish men, women and children being rounded up for execution by German forces in Lithuania in 1942. Courtesy of The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 1 / 1 In 1941, the Nazis’ persecution of the Jews became a genocide . In just under four years, millions of people were deliberately murdered at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators. This mass murder became known as the Holocaust.
05 March 1933 On 5 March 1933, elections were held for the German Reichstag. The Nazis used violence to increase their vote share.
22 March 1933 On 22 March 1933, the first Nazi concentration camp was established in the town of Dachau.
24 March 1933 On 24 March 1933, the Enabling Act was passed, allowing Hitler to make laws without the approval of the Reichstag.
17 March 1935 On 17 March 1935, 700 pastors of the Confessing Church, which opposed the Nazis, were arrested.
15 March 1938 On 15 March 1938, following the German annexation of Austria three days earlier, Hitler gave a speech in front of the palace in Vienna.