Genocide1933 CE – 1945 CEEurope

The Holocaust

The systematic, state-sponsored genocide of six million Jews and millions of others by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.

Key Figures
Adolf HitlerHeinrich HimmlerRudolf HössElie Wiesel

Preceding Causes

Nazi racial ideology, antisemitism, totalitarian state apparatus, wartime conditions enabling secrecy, and widespread complicity.

Empire1933 CE

Rise of Nazi Germany

Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, and rapidly transformed the Weimar Republic into a totalitarian one-party dictatorship through a combination of legal manipulation, intimidation, and violence.

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