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Max
Max was born in 1916 around winter time. -
New Member to the Family
Four year old Liesal Meminger's baby brother is born. -
New Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler is appointed the Chancellor of Germany. -
Hitler's New Leadership Role
Hitler proclaims himslef Fuhrer or the leader and also the Reich Chancellor. Armed forces must now swear allegiance to him. -
Nuremberg Laws
Anti-Jewish racial laws are enacted. Jews are no longer considered German citezens. Also Jews can no longer marry Aryans. Jews are not allowed to raise the German flag. -
Arrival on Himmel Street
Death collects a young boys soul and watches Liesal commit her first act of thievary. Liesal arrives at her new foster home. -
Parade of Brown-Shirted Extremists
A parade of members of the NSDAP or the Nazi Party marches through Munich. Liesal thinks of them as she cleans the front door step. -
The Heavyweight Champion
World War II starts and Liesal become the heavyweight champion of the schoolyard. -
Letters
Liesal sends letters to her real mom. She never gets a reply though. -
Second Act of Thievary
Death tells us how Liesal took The Shoulder Shrug from a book burning. -
Hitler's Birthday, 1940
It is Hitler's birthday and everypne's families come into to town. Death shares with us how and why Hans will never be accepted into the Nazi party. -
Liesal and Rudy's gang
The gang continues stealing and now they begin stealing onions and potatoes. They steal from a farmer boy named Otto Sturm. -
Max Arrives
Max Vandenburg, a Jew in hiding, arrives at the Hubermann's seeking out Hans for help. -
Hiding a Jew
Death compares hiding a Jew to gambling because you never know if the outcome will be rewarding or fatal. -
Jews Massacred
34,000 Jews massacred at Babi Yor outside Kiev. -
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Jews massacred
34,000 Jews massacred at Babi Yar outside Kiev. -
The Book Thief
Rudy gives Liesal the title of The Book Thief in late October, 1941. -
Extermination in Belzec
Extermination begins in Belzec. By the end of 1942 600,000 Jews were murdered -
Extermination by Gas
Extermination by gas begins in Sobibor killing center. By October 1943, 250,000 Jews were murdered. -
Death Picks Up Souls
Death collects Jewish souls and treats them like they were new borns. He cries for them also. -
Liesals Birthday
Liesel Meminger turns 13. She still has not gone through puberty though. -
German 6th Army Surrenders
German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad (Volgograd). -
Liesal Writing and the Bombing
Liesal is in her basement writing her story in her little black notebook. There is a bombing and everyone on Himmel Street dies, except her. -
Death Marches
Beginning of death march of approximately 40,000 Jews from Budapest to Austria. -
Auschwitz is Evacuated
Evacuation of Auschwitz. This was the beginning of one of the death marches. -
Bombings
Bombing of Hiroshima. Two days after this Nagasaki was bombed also. -
War is over
Japan surrenders. It is now the end of World War II.
