Elizabeth Wees Timeline

  • Birth

    Born in Czechoslovakia
  • First concentration camp

    First concentration camp
    In Dachau
  • Period: to

    Number of prisoners incarcerated in Dachau

  • Hitler appointed chancellor

    Hitler appointed chancellor
  • First prisoner beaten to death

  • Synagogues

    In Germany and Austria were burned and Jewish homes, schools and businesses were vandalized.
  • SS Death's-Head Division was created

  • Father got his business taken away

  • Her friend was in a German marching band

    Elizabeth saw Greta in a all German march
  • Forced away from her home

    Forced away from her home
  • Hit completely

    When everything was into effect, before it "felt not important"
  • Arrived in Auschwitz

    Arrived in Auschwitz
    Her number was A-5805
  • Mother and sister died

    Elizabeth almost went with them but went to the other line.
  • First death march

    In aushwitz
  • Came back home

    Came back home
    Came back late April
  • Eisenhower entering Ohrdort

  • American forces liberated Dachau

  • Arrived in America

    "Once I saw the statue of liberty, I began to cry because I knew I was free"
  • A Memorial was created

    A memorial site was created on the grounds of the former Dachau concentration camp
  • Died