Night and Maus

Chancellor

Jan 30, 1933

Adolf Hitler becomes the Chancellor of Germany.

Concentration Camps

Mar 22, 1933

The Nazis opened the first concentration camps.

Vladek meets Anja

Jan 1, 1935

Vladek meets Anja for the first time.

Richeu is Born

Oct 11, 1937

Vladek and Anja have their first child.

Anja to Hospital

Jan 1, 1938

VLadek takes Anja to the sanitarium because Anja gets depressed. They see the swastika for the first time.

Kristallnacht

Nov 9, 1938

Kristallnacht was the Night of Broken Glass.

Nazi Flag

Jan 1, 1939

Vladek and Anja see the sawstika for the first time.

Vladek Gets Drafted

Aug 1, 1939

Vladek Spiegelman gets drafted in the army in the war against Germany.

War

Sep 1, 1939

Vladek is captured as a prisoner and does labor for the Germans for six weeks.

Attack

Sep 1, 1939

Germany attacks Poland and starts World War Two.

War Crime

Nov 1, 1939

Valdek kills a soldier on the battelfield and is captured.

Vladek is Released

Feb 4, 1940

Vladek is released form being a prisoner of war.

Kaballah

Jun 22, 1941

Elie Wiesel starts to learn about Kaballah at the age of 12.

Moishe the Beadle

Dec 30, 1941

Elie Wiesel meets Moishe the Beadle for the first time.

Gas Chambers

Jan 2, 1942

Valdek and Anja's parents are sent to the gas chambers.

Moishe Escapes

Dec 25, 1942

Moishe the Beadle escapes and returns to Sighet to warn the rest of the Jews that the war is coming.

Sent to Auschwitz

Mar 14, 1944

Vladek and ANja Spiegelman are sent to Auschwitz.

Star of David

Apr 4, 1944

Nazis confinscate the Jew's valuables, and the citizens that were Jews were forced to wear the yellow Star of David.

Sighet Ghettos

Apr 20, 1944

The first ghetto in Sighet is formed.

Birkenau

May 31, 1944

Elie Wiesel and his family arrives in Birkenau.

Reunited

Jul 5, 1944

Vladek and Anja Spiegelman are reunited at Birkenau.

Surgery

Jan 7, 1945

Elie Wiesel undergoes surgery.

Father's Death

Jan 29, 1945

Elie Wiesel's father passes away and leaves ELie to fend for himself.

Gross-Rosen

Feb 9, 1945

Vladek and the others are forced ot march to Gross-Rosen.

Liberation

Apr 11, 1945

Elie Wiesel is at the camp when the United States troops arrive to liberate the camp and release the prisoners.

Hitler Commits Suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Adolf Hitler commits suicide in a Berlin bnker.

End

May 8, 1945

The wr officially ends, and so does the Nazi rule.

Liberation

Sep 17, 1945

Soviet Troops free the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Anja Dies

May 21, 1968

Anja commits suicide and passes away.

Nobel Prize

Dec 10, 1986

Elie Wiesel recieves the Nobel Peace Prize.