Night By Whitney10 Apr 20, 1889 Birth of Hitler Sep 30, 1928 Eli was born Mar 1, 1933 Hitler was elected, Dachau Camp opens Apr 1, 1936 The Olympic Games were held in Germany Jul 12, 1937 Buchenwald camp opens Apr 1, 1940 Germany captures Norway and Denmark. Auschwitz camp opens Sep 1, 1941 Auschwitz began to use the poisonous gas Dec 29, 1941 Eli meets Moshe the Beadle May 19, 1944 Elie and his family are deported Jul 1, 1944 Elie and his father were sent to Auschwitz Jan 1, 1945 SS units evacuate Auschwitz Jan 29, 1945 Eli's father died from Dysentery Apr 1, 1945 American troops free inmates at Dachau and Buchenwald Dec 9, 1948 United Nations approves the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide May 25, 1949 Elie Wiesel goes to Jerusalem for the first time. Apr 12, 1955 Elie is encouraged to write about his life in the concentration camps Apr 12, 1960 Elie publishes the English version of NIGHT