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Vladek starts service in war
In the year 1927, Vladek began to serve in the war for the Polish Army. -
Hitler appointed Chancellor
Hitler is appointed the Chancellor of Germany, at the time having a Jewish pop. of 566,000. -
Auxiliary Army
40,000 SA and SS men become sworn into Hitler's auxiliary army. -
Dachau
The Nazis open up Dachau,a concentration camp that is near Munich. following this they opened up many more. -
Hitler's Dictatorship
The German Parliament gives Hitler dictorial powers by passing an Enabling Act. -
Non-Aryan Decree
The Nazis issue a decree defining "Non-Aryan" -
Gestapo
The Gestapo are created by Hermann Goring. -
Vladek marries his first wife
On February 14, Vladek marries his first wife Anja. At the time he was 30 and she was 24 years old. -
Richieu
Sometime in October of 1937, Anja gave birth to their first son in Sosnowiec. -
Vladek called to service
Vladek was once again called for service in the Polish Army. -
WWII
The start of WWII began when Germany invades Poland -
Vladek becomes a P.O.W.
On September 4, the Germans incade Sosnowiec and Vladek is arested as a prisoner of war while in the army. -
Vladek's release
Around this time in February, Vladek is released from the P.O.W. Camp and is sent to Lubin, which wasn't where he wanted to go. -
War on U.S.
The Nazis declare war on the United states -
Vladek's parents are sent to Auschwitz
The jews were first called the Sosnowiec Stadium, where Jews went either left or right depending on their condition. Vladek and Anja along with Richieu went the "good way" while his parents went the other wat and were sent to Auschwitz and straight to the gas. -
Hungary Invaded
The Germans come and their forces occupy Hungary -
Elie is transported to Birkenau
In the Spring of 1944 Wiesel and his family are transported to Birkeau by train. On the way there he and his father were crowded into a wagon with many others and even experiance violence and the reaction of a deranged women who screams "look at the flames" while there is nothing in the distance. -
Elie moved to Auschwitz
After being in Birkenau a few days/weeks later he along with his father moved tp Auschwitz. His first impression was that it was better than Birkenau. Here he was assigned his tattoed number. -
Elie and his father are moved to Buna
After remaining in Auschwitw for about 3 weeks, Elie and his father were transported to the concentration camp in Buna. He explains it as though the camp had gone through an epidemic and that it looked empty and dead. -
Vladke marched
In January, 1945 Vladek is marced to Gross Rosen, and Anja to o, then to Ravensbruck. -
Moved to Buchenwald/Elie's father dies
They are moved to Buchenwald. Here Elie's father dies. -
Vladek is moved to Dachau
Vladek is moved here by train, and on April 29, the camp is liberated. -
Camp Liberated
Buchenwald had been liberated sometime in April and Elie Wiesel then went to a french orphanage where he reunited with two of his sisters, Hilda and Bea. -
Hitler's death
Hitler commits suicide in a secret bunker with his wife. -
Germany surrenders
The Germans surrender to the soviets. -
Vladek and Anja move
Some time in 1946, Vladek and Anja move from Poland to Sweden where Vladek startsa business. -
Education
Sometime in 1948, Wiesel began to study literature, philosophy, and psychology at the Sorbonne in Paris. -
Elie decides to write Night
Some time in 1955 Elie finally decides to write about his experiances in the Holocaust after meeting the French Catholic novelist and Nobel laureate Francois Mauriac. -
Citizenship to America
During this time, Wiesel applied for citizenship to America and continued living in New York. -
Marries wife Marion
During 1969, Wiesel marrise his wife Marion whom is also a survivor of the Hoocaust and collaborates with him on his book's english translations. -
Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Elie wins the nobel peace prize and delivers his acceptance speech in Oslo.
