Holocaust timeline 1939

1 September 1939	Jews in Germany are forbidden to be outdoors after 8 p.m. in winter and 9 p.m. in summer.
3 September 1939	Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.
4 September 1939	Warsaw is cut off by the German Army.
17 September 1939	Soviet troops invade eastern Poland.
21 September 1939	Heydrich issues instructions to SS Einsatzgruppen (special action squads) in Poland regarding treatment of Jews, stating they are to be gathered into ghettos near railroads for the future "final goal." He also orders a census and the establishment of Jewish administrative councils within the ghettos to implement Nazi policies and decrees.
23 September 1939	German Jews are forbidden to own wireless (radio) sets.
27 September 1939	Warsaw surrenders; Heydrich becomes leader of RSHA.
29 September 1939	Nazis and Soviets divide up Poland. Over two million Jews reside in Nazi controlled areas, leaving 1.3 million in the Soviet area.
30 September - 2 October 1939	Quote from Nazi newspaper, Der Stürmer, published by Julius Streicher - "The Jewish people ought to be exterminated root and branch. Then the plague of pests would have disappeared in Poland at one stroke."
3 - 5 October 1939	Nazis begin euthanasia on sick and disabled in Germany.
6 October 1939	Proclamation by Hitler on the isolation of Jews.
12 October 1939	Evacuation of Jews from Vienna. Hans Frank appointed Nazi Gauleiter (governor) of Poland.
26 October 1939	Forced labor decree issued for Polish Jews aged 14 to 60.
23 November 1939	Yellow stars required to be worn by Polish Jews over age 10.
1 - 31 December 1939	Adolf Eichmann takes over section IV B4 of the Gestapo dealing solely with Jewish affairs and evacuations

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