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Daniel born Frankfurt, Germany
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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Uncle Peter tells Daniel about Hitler
Germany's mistreatment of the Jews is getting worse and Daniel's family discusses leaving Germany. -
Jewish shops boycotted
Daniel learns that all shops owned by Jews in Germany were being boycotted. -
Daniel stops going to public school because Jewish children are being mistreated
Mr. Schneider, Daniel's teacher blamaed him for fights and said he was a natural troublemaker because he was a Jew. Daniel begins to attend a school for all Jewish student where Uncle Peter is his teacher. -
Uncle Peter arrested
Uncle Peter is arrested and sent to Dacheau concentration camp because of a parking ticket he received two years earlier.
Daniel and his younger sister Erika see a newsreel that portrayed Jews in an unfavorable way. This caused them both to have nightmares. -
Daniel receives his identification card
The identification card is stamped with a J to show he was Jewish. It had to be carried at all times and if it wasn't you would be arrested. -
Kristallnacht "Night of Broken Glass"
The windows in the family hardware store were smashed and the store was looted. All night long Daniel heard the sound of broken glass of synogogues, Jewish stores, homes,and prayer halls. Daniel's father told him the events of the night started in Paris when a young Polish Jew shot a German official and now the Jews needed to be taught a lesson. -
Daniel has to wear a yellow star on the outside of his clothing
The yellow star showed that Daniel was Jewish and if he did not wear it he would be killed. -
Oma Mariam gives Daniel a Hitler Youth uniform
The uniform was given to him to keep him safe and make him feel free. He could now go places that he would not have been allowed to go. -
Oma Mariam commits suicide
Oma Mariam left a note saying that she feard for what was ahead and she did not want to suffer or see her family suffer. -
The family receives Uncle Peter's ashes who was killed after being in the concentration camp
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Daniel and his family are deported
Daniel and his family are sent to Lodz, a ghetto in Poland. The Nazi's took over their home and all their belongings. The ghetto had over 230,000 Jews living in the poorest, dirtiest area of the city. People starved and froze to death, including Georg, Daniel's cousin and Aunt Anna. -
Daniel's family buys a radio
Radios were illegal but Daniel's father traded a box of noodles for the radio. The radio allowed them to listen to the news in secret. If they were caught with the radiothe family would be shot. -
Auntie Leah, Gertrude and Bridget were shot
Young children and old people who could not work were to be sent away. Erika and Fredrich were hidden in a cupboard but when the Nazi's tried to take Gertrude and Bridget, Auntie Leah wouldn't let them go so they were all shot. -
Daniel and his family are transported from Lodz to the Aushwitz concentration camp
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Daniel and his father were sent to Buchenwald, a camp within Auschwitz
Daniel and his father are separated from his mother and Erika. They believe they both were killed in the gas chambers. Daniel and his father were in a barracks with 800 men. At 4:30 am they were made to stand out in the freezing cold to be counted and were given only watery soup to eat. -
Buchenwald is liberated by the American troops
Daniel and his father realize that the ordeal is over for them and they are now truly free. They cry for the family members that they lost. -
Germany surrenders
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works cited
Daniel's Story by Carol Matas
Published in conjunction with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
