Before 1933  1933 - 1938 1939 - 1941 1942 - 1945 August 1, 1914 World War I begins 1915 The Armenian genocide November 2, 1917 Balfour Declaration November 7,1917 Communist revolution in Russia January 8, 1918 Wilson presents "Fourteen Points" as basis for world peace November 9, 1918 Democratic Weimar Republic established June 28, 1919 Germany signs Versailles Treaty February 24, 1920 Nazi Party established October 24-30, 1922 Mussolini, Fascists march on Rome September, 1923 Inflation in Weimar Republic peaks November 8-9, 1923 Hitler's putsch fails October 5-16, 1925 Locarno Conference convenes to prevent war between Germany and western neighbors October 25, 1929 Black Friday, New York Stock Exchange crashes November 6, 1932 Nazis take 33.1 percent of vote in Reichstag elections Copyright ©2004 Yad Vashem The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority