Night

Elie and Moshe the Beadle

Dec 30, 1941

Elie Wiesel meets Moshe the Beadle.

Moshe the Beadle Escapes

Dec 25, 1942

Moshe the Beadle escapes Gestapo slaughter to warn the Jews in Sighet.

Nazi

Apr 4, 1944

Nazis arrest Jewish leaders and close synagogues in Transylvania. Jews are quarantined. Nazis confiscate valuables and force transylvainian Jews to wear the yellow Star of David and ban them from restaurants, cafes, and public transportation.

departure

May 16, 1944

All Sighet Jews are forced from their homes and told to line up in the street at 8 A.M. At 1 P.M., the first group departs by train.

SEven days latter

May 21, 1944

Elie's family marches to the "little ghetto."

Railway cars

May 24, 1944

The Wiesels join the last group of deportees aboard a railway cattle car.

Birkenau

May 31, 1944

The convoy reaches Birkenau, and Elie and Chlomo spend their first night in camp. Summer Guards send Elie and Chlomo to Auschwitz. There, they meet Stein of Antwerp. Elie and Chlomo march to Buna. Elie is tattooed A-7713 on his left arm.

surgery

Jan 4, 1945

Elie undergoes surgery in the Auschwitz infirmary. Chlomo and Elie run with evacuees to Gleiwitz, where they and others board open cattle cars for a ten-day ride to Buchenwald in central Germany.

red army

Jan 18, 1945

The red army liberates Auschwitz

freedom

Apr 4, 1945

Elie falls ill with food poisoning. Elie is liberated with the arrival of U.S. troops.