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Elie Wiesel was born
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Hitler is appointed chancellor of Germany
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Vladek meets Anja
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Vladek and Anja have their first child Richieu
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Anja is sent to the sanitarium
She becomes ill after delivering their child, Richieu -
Vladek returns to Sosnowiec
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Vladek is sent to serve in the Polish army
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Germany invades Poland
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Vadek is taken prisoner of war
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Vladek volunteers to work in labor instead of POW
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Vladek is released from prisoner of war
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Auschwitz/ Birkenau camp is constructed
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Elie meets Moishe the Beadle.
He begins to discuss and study Kabbalah with him. -
Anja and Vladek's parents are sent to the Auschwitz gas chambers
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All foreign Jews are exported
Moishe is sent away -
Moishe returns to Sighet
He comes back with knowledge that will help the Jews prepare for what is to come, but no one will listen to him. -
Richieu passed away
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Vladek and Anja are sent to Auschwitz
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Elie and his family are sent to Auschwitz
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Elie undergoes surgery for his foot
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Elie's father passed away
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U.S. troops liberate Buchenwald
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Elie and his father are transferred to Buchenwald
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State of Israel is created
Created partition of Palestine into an Arab state and a Jew state -
Elie visits Jerusalem