GLOSSARY
EDUCATOR RESOURCE: TIMELINE
TIMELINE
1941
September 19
German Jews are ordered to wear the Jewish Badge
September 29 -- September 30
33,771 Jews are murdered at Babi Yar near Kiev (Ukraine) by members of Einsatzgruppe C
October 1
The first transport (of prisoners of war) reaches Majdanek (Poland) extermination camp
October 15
Deportation of German and Austrian Jews to ghettos in the East begins
October 28
Germans murder thousands of Kovno (Lithuania) Jews
November 5 -- November 9
Roma deported from Germany and Austria
November 24
A ghetto is established in Theresienstadt, near Prague (former Czechoslovakia)
November 30
30,000 Riga (Latvia) Jews are arrested and subsequently shot in the Rumbula Forest
December 7
The Japanese surprise attack the American Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, then a US territory
December 7
The German army issues “Night and Fog” order
December 8
The United States enters World War II
December 8
Killing operations begin at Chelmno (Poland) extermination camp
December 31
The Jewish underground in Vilna issues a partisan manifesto calling for resistance
1941
September 19
German Jews are ordered to wear the Jewish Badge
September 29 -- September 30
33,771 Jews are murdered at Babi Yar near Kiev (Ukraine) by members of Einsatzgruppe C
October 1
The first transport (of prisoners of war) reaches Majdanek (Poland) extermination camp
October 15
Deportation of German and Austrian Jews to ghettos in the East begins
October 28
Germans murder thousands of Kovno (Lithuania) Jews
November 5 -- November 9
Roma deported from Germany and Austria
November 24
A ghetto is established in Theresienstadt, near Prague (former Czechoslovakia)
November 30
30,000 Riga (Latvia) Jews are arrested and subsequently shot in the Rumbula Forest
December 7
The Japanese surprise attack the American Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, then a US territory
December 7
The German army issues “Night and Fog” order
December 8
The United States enters World War II
December 8
Killing operations begin at Chelmno (Poland) extermination camp
December 31
The Jewish underground in Vilna issues a partisan manifesto calling for resistance
September 19
German Jews are ordered to wear the Jewish Badge
September 29 -- September 30
33,771 Jews are murdered at Babi Yar near Kiev (Ukraine) by members of Einsatzgruppe C
October 1
The first transport (of prisoners of war) reaches Majdanek (Poland) extermination camp
October 15
Deportation of German and Austrian Jews to ghettos in the East begins
October 28
Germans murder thousands of Kovno (Lithuania) Jews
November 5 -- November 9
Roma deported from Germany and Austria
November 24
A ghetto is established in Theresienstadt, near Prague (former Czechoslovakia)
November 30
30,000 Riga (Latvia) Jews are arrested and subsequently shot in the Rumbula Forest
December 7
The Japanese surprise attack the American Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, then a US territory
December 7
The German army issues “Night and Fog” order
December 8
The United States enters World War II
December 8
Killing operations begin at Chelmno (Poland) extermination camp
December 31
The Jewish underground in Vilna issues a partisan manifesto calling for resistance
