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Vladek was first intocuded to his love, Anja, by one of his cousins. They fell in love and stayed together for as long as possible.
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Vladek and Anja get married.
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Vladek gets a draft notice to fight against the Germans
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The war had started. Vladek and other people were captured as war prisoners. There he worked for labor assignments for 6 weeks to replace the German workers that were called to fight.
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After some time, Vladek was able to come home to his family and his little child, Richieu, but the Jews had to be relocated to the Stara Sosnowiec quarter. He never saw his first child again.
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After many deaths and painful memories, WW2 finally ends.
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Anja committed suicide because she couldn't get past the memories of everything that happened.
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Vladek died of heart failure
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The overall theme statement is that family comes before everything.