Timeline: MAUS II timeline

Oct 11, 1906

Vladek Spiegelman born

Jan 30, 1933

Adolf Hitler appointed as chancellor

German President Paul von Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler as chancellor.

Mar 22, 1933

First concentration camp is opened at Dachau

Apr 1, 1933

Boycott of Jewish businesses

Aug 2, 1934

German President dies and Hitler becomes the “Fuehrer”

German President Paul von Hindenburg dies and Hitler becomes the “Fuehrer” and the commander-in-chief of Germany’s armed forces

Sep 1, 1935

Nuremberg Race Laws put into place

Nuremberg Race Laws: Jewish people lose certain rights and privileges

Dec 1, 1935

Vladek meets Anja

Vladek Spiegelman meets Anja Zylberberg in Sosnowiec, Poland

Feb 14, 1937

Vladek and Anja get married

Oct 1, 1937

Richieu is born

Vladek and Anja’s son Richieu is born in Sosnowiec

Nov 9, 1938

Kristallnacht

"Night of broken glass"
Consisted of a wave of violent anti-Jewish acts which took place on November 9 and 10, 1938 throughout Germany, annexed Austria, and in areas of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia recently occupied by German troops.

Aug 24, 1939

Vladek is called to serve in the Polish Army

Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland

When Germany invades Poland, World War II begins.

Sep 2, 1939

Vladek is captured by the Germans

Vladek is captured by the Germans and becomes a prisoner of war

Sep 4, 1939

The German army enters Sosnowiec

Sep 28, 1939

Poland surrenders

After heavy shelling and bombing, Warsaw surrendered to the Germans

Nov 23, 1939

Armband or yellow star in Poland

Jews in German-occupied Poland are forced to wear an armband or yellow star

Dec 5, 1939

Jewish property is confiscated by Germany

Jewish property is confiscated by Germany. Vladek and his father-in-law lose their factories

Feb 1, 1940

Vladek is released as a POW and sent to Lublin

May 20, 1940

The Auschwitz camp begins functioning

A network of concentration camps and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich

Sep 3, 1941

First gassing at Auschwitz

Dec 1, 1941

All Jews in Sosnowiec forced to move to a ghetto

Dec 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor attack

Japan attacks US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Feb 15, 1942

Mass gassing begins

The first mass gassing of Jews begins at Auschwitz

May 10, 1942

1500 Jews removed from Sosnowiec

Anja’s grandparents are in this group

Jun 1, 1942

2000 Jews sent from Sosnowiec to Auschwitz

Aug 12, 1942

8000 Jews sent from Sosnowiec to Auschwitz after reporting to Dienst Stadium for “document inspection”

Mar 21, 1943

Jews in Sosnowiec are forced to move to the Srodula ghetto

All remaining Jews in Sosnowiec are forced to move to the Srodula ghetto. Richieu is sent to Zawiercie with his aunt, Tosha

Aug 16, 1943

Most inhabitants of the Srodula ghetto are deported to Auschwitz

Vladek and Anja are in hiding

Aug 26, 1943

Jews in Zawiercie ghetto are sent to Auschwitz. Richieu dies

All Jews in Zawiercie ghetto are sent to Auschwitz. Tosha poisons herself, Richieu, and two other children to avoid being sent to the gas chambers. http://www.npr.org/2004/01/26/1611731/intersections-of-maus-and-spiegelman
See: "Web Extra: Vladek Spiegelman on the Death of Art's Aunt" audio clip