Elizer and Vladek timeline

Adolf Hitler is born and dies

Period: Sep 17, 1889 to Sep 17, 1945

Vladek Spiegelman is born

Oct 11, 1906

Adolf Hitler forms the Nazi party

Sep 17, 1919

Elie Wiesel is born

Sep 30, 1928

Dachua is the first concentration camp to be built

Mar 17, 1933

Nazi party starts to kill Germany Jew citizens

Sep 17, 1933

Vladek and Anja meet

Dec 15, 1935

Vladek and Anja marry

Feb 14, 1937

Richeu is born

Oct 15, 1937

Vladek is drafted

Aug 24, 1939

Vladek is caught as a POW

Sep 15, 1939

Vladek is released from work

Feb 15, 1940

Nazis start to experiment on the Jews

Sep 17, 1940

Vladek's father is deported

Aug 26, 1942

Nazis start to use gas chamber for mass murder

Period: Sep 17, 1942 to Sep 17, 1943

SS Soldiers start to put Jews into Ghetto's

Apr 15, 1943

Anja's parents are killed

Aug 15, 1943

Richeu is killed

Aug 26, 1943

Elie and family is sent to Auschwitz(No specific date)

Sep 15, 1944

Elie and his family are sent to Auschwitz

Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Dec 31, 1945

Elie and his family is moved to Buchenwald(No day presented)

Jan 15, 1945

Concentration camp is liberated

Apr 11, 1945

Britain forces concentration camp to be liberated

Apr 15, 1945

Vladek in refugee camp

Jul 15, 1945

Nazi's party is defeated and outlawed

Sep 17, 1945

Elie writes "La Nuit"(No specific date)

Sep 15, 1958

Elie's book is translated into english(No specific date)

Sep 15, 1960

Elie wins the Noble Peace Prize(No specific date)

Sep 15, 1986

Elie Wiesel makes the Foundation for Humanity with his wife

Sep 15, 1986

President Obama presents Elie with a National Humanity Medal

Feb 25, 2010