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Elie Wiesel is born
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The Nazie Party takes power in Germany
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Hitler becomes leader of Germany
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Jews in Germany are denided of rights
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Germany annexes Austria
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WWII Begins
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Germany attacks the Soviet Union
European jews are forced into ghettos and camps. -
Elie meets Moishe the Beadle
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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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Elie was liberated from his concentration camp
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The holocaust is over
1/3 of the world's Jews were murdered and the survivors were left homeless.