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Elie Wiesel is born
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Elie's journey
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The Nazie Party takes power in Germany
Hitler becomes prime minister, and liberties of citizens are suspended. the first concentration camp was set up at Dachau, which held communists. -
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Germans in WWII
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Hitler becomes leader of Germany
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Jews in Germany are deprived of rights
Persecution is great, many "racially inferior" groups were sent to concentration camps. -
Olympic games are held in Germany
Jews were not allowed to attend the games. -
German troops annex Austria
Nazis physically attack jews and racially inferior people. -
WWII begins in Europe
Germany invades Poland and takes over Czecholsolvakia. Hitler orders systematic of disabled people. -
Nazi terrors take hold
German jews are deported to Poland, jews are forced into Ghettos, and Germany continues conquering nations. -
Germany attacks the Soviet Union
European jews are forced into ghettos and camps. The first death camp at Chelmno begins opperations. Germany declares war on the US -
Elie meets Moishe the Beadle
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Final Solution is turned over to the bureaucracy
Five more death camps are in opperation. Ghettos empty as thousands enter death camps. Word reaches US, Britian, and the Soviet Union. -
German troops invade Sighet
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Elie and his family are expelled from the ghetto, and moved to Birkenau
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Elie and his father arrive in Auschwitz
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Elie and his father move to Buna
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Elie's father dies of dysentary
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American troops arrive in Buna
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The holocaust is over.
1/3 of the world's Jews were murdered and the survivors were left homeless. -
Elie was liberated from his concentration camp
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Nazi leaders are tried for war and humanity crimes
