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End of WWI
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Elie Wiesel born
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1st concentration opened near Berlin
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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of Nazi party
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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Olympics held in Berlin, Germany
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Kristallnacht
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Nazis began euthanasia on sick and disabled
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Britain, France, Australia, & New Zealand declare war on Germany
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Nazis bomb Berlin
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Gas Chambers used for the first time at Auschwitz
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Nazis order Jews to wear yellow stars
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
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Nazis invade northern Africa
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Elie and his family are deported
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Allied forces D-Day invasion
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Elie liberated from Buchenwald
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Eli & father transferred to Buchenwald
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soviet troops liberate Auschwitz
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Eli's father dies in Buchenwald
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Nazis invade the Netherlands (Holland)
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USA drops nuclear bomb on Hiroshima
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USA drops nuclear bomb on Nagasaki
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State of Israel created
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US stock market crashes