2. November 9-10, 1938: Kristallnacht (the "Night of Broken Glass"). This was a pogrom against Jews throughout Germany and Austria. Synagogues were burned and Jewish businesses were vandalized and looted.
3. September 1, 1939: Germany invades Poland, starting World War II.
4. January 20, 1942: The Wannsee Conference. This was a meeting of senior Nazi officials where the "Final Solution" to the Jewish question was formalized.
5. March 19, 1943: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. This was an uprising by Jewish resistance fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto against German forces. The uprising was crushed after several weeks of fighting.
6. June 6, 1944: D-Day. This was the Allied invasion of Normandy, which began the liberation of Europe from Nazi Germany.
7. May 8, 1945: V-E Day. This was the day that Nazi Germany surrendered, officially ending World War II in Europe.