Maus Eng 2H 4th- Anna Lawrence

By Annalawrence477

  • Vladek meets Anja

    Vladek meets Anja and they were engaged within a year.

  • Vladek and Anja get married

    Within two years Vladek and Anja get married.

  • Richieu is born.

    Anja and Vladek have their first son Richieu.

  • Anja and Vladek go to Sanitarium

    They leave Sosnoweic, Poland to go to Czechoslovakia for three months.

  • Vladek is drafted

    Vladek is drafted to serve in Polish army and not even 5 months later, he is put on the front lines.

  • World War 2 starts

    Germany invades Poland, starting WW2
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    World War 2

  • Vladek is taken as German POW

    Vladek is taken after being in Polish trenches.

  • Vladek is released from prison camp

    Vladek finally gets released and is able to see Richieu as a two year old.

  • Registering

    All Jews had to register for new documents. Here is where they were split up and sent to camps.

  • Working in factories in Srodula

    The Jews have been moved to Srodula, a ghetto for polish jews, where they are forced to work in the shops and factories of Sosnowiec.

  • Tosha kills herself and children

    When Anja's sister, Tosha learns that Jews are being sent to gas chambers, she poisons herself and three kids including Richieu.

  • Teaching English

    In exchange for protection and food, Vladek taught English to an official

  • In Hiding

    Vladek and Anja have gone into hiding in Sosnowiec, first staying with a Polish woman, Mrs. Kowka, then on the farm of Mrs. Motonowa.

  • Vladek and Anja are sent to Auschwitz.

    Vladek and Anja are separated in the concentration camp.
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    Over 100,000 Hungarian Jews are gassed in Auschwitz

  • Vladek is found by Americans

    After hiding out in a barn, Vladek and his friend are found by Americans and begin working for them.

  • March to Gross-Rosen

    Evacuated from Auschwitz and forced to march to Gross-Rosen, another concentration camp.

  • Germany Surrenders

    This marks the end of World War 2

  • Vladek returns to Sosnoweik

    Vladek reunites with Anja in Sosnoweik

  • Art Spiegelman is born

    Art Spiegelman is born in 1948 in Sweden.

  • Anja kills herself

    Anja killed herself because of depression and left no note.

  • Vladek dies

    Vladek dies of congestive heart failure.

  • Maus 1 is published as a huge success

  • Artie and Francoise expect a baby

    Their daughter was expected in May.