| Chronology
of the Holocaust - 1942 |
| January 6 |
Molotov
hands over information on mass graves |
| January 14 |
Concentration
and expulsion of Dutch Jewry begins |
| January 16 |
Deportation
of more than 10,000 from Lodz to Chelmno begins |
| January 20 |
Wannsee
Conference |
| January 21 |
United
Partisan Organization established in Vilna |
| February 24 |
More
than 30,000 Jews deported from Lodz to Chelmno |
| March 13 |
JDC:
Germans have already killed 240,000 Jews in Ukraine
alone |
| March 17 |
Belzec
extermination camp completed |
| March 26 |
58,000
Slovakian Jews deported |
| March 28 |
First
transport of French Jews to Auschwitz |
| April |
Jewish
Anti-Fascist Committee established in USSR |
| April 8 |
Einsatzgruppen
report: no Jews left in Crimea |
| April 30 |
Pinsk
ghetto established |
| Early May |
First
mass killing in Sobibor extermination camp |
| May 18 |
The
New York Times: more than 200,000 Jews shot by Germans |
| May 27 |
Czech
underground assassinates Heydrich |
| June 2 |
BBC:
700,000 Jews killed in Poland |
| June 2 |
First
deportations of German Jews to Theresienstadt |
| June 10 |
Germans
obliterate Czech Village |
| June 21 |
Germans
cut off Tobruk (Libya) from the British forces |
| June 22 |
First
transports from Drancy Camp to Auschwitz |
| July 16 |
Roundup
of Parisian Jews |
| July 19 |
Himmler:
elimination of all Jews in Generalgouvernement by end of
1942 |
| July 21 |
Mass
protest rally at Madison Square Garden |
| July 22 |
Construction
of Treblinka completed |
| July 22 |
Mass
deportation from Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka begins |
| July 23 |
Adam
Czerniakow commits suicide |
| July 28 |
Jewish
Fighting Organization (ZOB) founded in Warsaw |
| August 8 |
U.S.
delays information on plan to annihilate Jews to verify
sources |
| August 10 |
Deportations
from Lvov to Belzec begin; 50,000 gassed |
| September 3 |
Armed
Jewish resistance in Lachva, Belarus |
| September 12 |
Battle
of Stalingrad begins |
| September 24 |
Uprising
in Tuchin ghetto |
| October 23 |
British
begin counteroffensive at El Alamein |
| October 27 |
Nazis
inclined to nullify mixed marriages sterilize
"Mixed Breeds" |
| October 28 |
First
deportations from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz |
| October 29 |
Almost
all Pinsk Jews murdered |
| November 1 |
First
deportation from Bialystok District to Auschwitz |
| November 5 |
Europa
Rescue Plan |
| November 8 |
U.K.
and U.S. invade Northern Africa |
| November 9 |
Germany
occupies Tunisia |
| November 10 |
British
victories in Egypt |
| November 19 |
Soviet
counterattack near Stalingrad |
| December 4 |
Council
for Aid to Jews (Zegota) established in Poland |
| December 17 |
Allies
condemn German mass murder |
| December 23 |
Jewish
Fighting Organization attacks Germans in Cracow |
| Chronology
of the Holocaust - 1943 |
| January 18 |
Jewish
armed resistance to deportations from Warsaw ghetto |
| February
2 |
Germans
surrender at Stalingrad |
| February 5 |
Deportation
of 10,000 Jews from Bialystok to Treblinka begins |
| February 25 1943 |
First
transports from Salonika to Auschwitz |
| February 26 |
First
transport of Gypsies reaches Auschwitz |
| March 4 |
Jews
of Thrace deported to Treblinka |
| March 20 |
First
deportations from Salonika arrive at Auschwitz |
| April 19 |
Warsaw
ghetto uprising begins |
| May 8 |
Leaders
of Warsaw ghetto uprising die |
| May 12 |
Samuel
Zygelbojm commits suicide |
| May 24 |
Protest
by Sofia Jews |
| June 1 |
Lvov
ghetto liquidated |
| June 21 |
Himmler
orders liquidation of all ghettos in occupied Soviet
territories |
| June 28 |
Four
crematoria completed at Auschwitz-Birkenau |
| July 5 |
German
offensive at Kursk fails |
| July 10 |
Allies
invade Sicily |
| July 25 |
Mussolini
deposed |
| August 2 |
Uprising
at Treblinka |
| August 8 |
First
of five organized groups leaves Vilna ghetto to join
partisans |
| August 15 |
Bialystok
ghetto liquidated |
| August 18 |
Prisoners
of Sonderkommando 1005 forced to exhume tens of
thousands of bodies at Babi Yar |
| September 1 |
Vilna
underground uprising fails |
| September 3 |
Belgian
Jews arrested for deportation to Auschwitz |
| September 23 |
Vilna
ghetto liquidated |
| October 1-2 |
Danish
Jews rescued |
| October 14 |
Uprising
at Sobibor |
| October 18 |
Jews
of Rome deported to Auschwitz |
| October 21 |
Liquidation
of Minsk ghetto |
| October 25 |
Dnepropetrovsk
liberated; 15 of 80,000 Jews remain |
| November 3 |
Germans
launch “Operation Harvest Festival” (Erntefest) |
| November 17 |
Jewish
partisans liberate Jews in Borshchev |
| November 28 |
Teheran
conference |
| Chronology
of the Holocaust - 1944 |
| January 26 |
War
Refugee Board established |
| January 27 |
Siege
of Leningrad ends |
| March 18 |
Hitler
orders German troops into Hungary |
| March 24 |
Roosevelt
warns Hungary to refrain from Anti-Jewish measures |
| April 7 |
Two
Jewish prisoners deliver "Auschwitz Protocols" |
| April 16 |
Hungarian
Government registers Jews and confiscates their property |
| April 25 |
Blood
for trucks negotiations start |
| May 11 |
Allied
forces mount major offensive in central Italy |
| May 15 |
Beginning
of mass deportations of Hungarian Jews to
Auschwitz-Birkenau |
| June 4 |
Americans
occupy Rome |
| June 6 |
D-Day |
| June 9 |
Hannah
Szenes arrested in Hungary |
| June 13 |
Germany
launches first V-1 rockets at England |
| June 23 |
Red
Cross mission visits Theresienstadt |
| July 3 |
Minsk
liberated; few of 80,000 Jews survive |
| July 7 |
Hungarian
government halts deportations |
| July 8 |
Kovno
ghetto liquidated |
| July 13 |
Jewish
partisans help liberate Vilna; 2,500 of 57,000 Jews
survive |
| July 20 |
Attempt
to assassinate Hitler fails |
| July 22 |
Lvov
liberated; 110,000 Jews dead |
| July 25 |
Red
Army liberates Majdanek |
| August 7 |
Liquidation
of Lodz ghetto begins; 74,000 Jews deported to Auschwitz |
| August 28 |
Slovak
National Uprising begins |
| September 4 |
Antwerp
liberated; fewer than 5,000 Jews survived |
| September 28 |
Churchill
announces formation of Jewish Brigade |
| October 3 |
Polish
uprising in Warsaw crushed |
| October 7 |
Sonderkommando
uprising at Auschwitz |
| October 23-26 |
Battle
of Leyte |
| November |
Germans
stop gassings at Auschwitz |
| November 8 |
Deportations
from Budapest resume |
| December 16 |
Battle
of the Bulge |
| Chronology
of the Holocaust - 1945 |
| January 16 |
Soviets
liberate half of Budapest |
| January 17 |
Soviets
liberate Warsaw; few Jews remain |
| January 18 |
Auschwitz
abandoned; death march of prisoners begins |
| January 19 |
Soviets
liberate Lodz |
| January 27 |
Soviets
liberate Auschwitz |
| February 1 |
Forty
thousand prisoners marched out of Gross-Rosen |
| February 13-14 |
RAF
and USAF air raids devastate Dresden |
| April 11 |
Americans
liberate Buchenwald |
| April 12 |
FDR
dies succeeded by Truman |
| April 15 |
British
forces liberate Bergen-Belsen |
| April 25 |
American
and Soviet Troops meet at the River Elbe |
| April 28 |
Mussolini
shot |
| April 30 |
Hitler
and Eva Braun commit suicide |
| May 2 |
Soviets
occupy Berlin |
| May 5 |
Mauthausen
liberated |
| May 7 |
Germany
surrenders to Allies |
| May 8 |
V-E
Day |
| July 16 |
Potsdam
Conference |
| August 6 9:15 a.m. |
Atomic
bomb on Hiroshima; Nagasaki bombed three days later |
| October 18 |
Nuremberg
Trials begin |
