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Elie Wiesel is born in Transylvania, Romania
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Nazis carry out Kristallnacht, which destroys 7500 Jewish-owned stores and synagogues. Jewish children are banned from German schools.
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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.
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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.
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Elie's family marches to the "little ghetto."
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The Wiesels join the last group of deportees aboard a railway cattle car
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Waiting through the first long night at Birkenau, seeing death all around them, Eliezer loses his faith in God’s justice.
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They reach Birkenau, and Elie and his father spend their first night in camp. Guards send Elie and Chlomo to Auschwitz.They are marched to Buna. Elie is tattooed A-7713 on his left arm.
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Elie manages to save his gold-capped tooth by pretending to be sick every time the dentist wants to remove it
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Idek beats Elie for spying on an affair he was having with a Jew. Later, he meets a young French girl says some kind words to him. Later, after the war, he learns that she is Jewish and managed to hide her identity during those years
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Elie's gold crown is forced out by an old rusty spoon.
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Eliezer’s foot swells until he needs surgery
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Camp is evacuated because the Russians are on the way. Afraid that those who remain behind at the hospital will be executed, Eliezer leaves with those being evacuated, even though his foot is still healing.
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The red army liberates Auschwitz
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When they finally arrive at Buchenwald, Eliezer’s father is deathly ill. Fellow prisoners are mean to him, denying him food or beating him, as if they just want him to die
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Eli's father dies in the bunk, calling Elie's name.
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Elie gets food poisoning and goes to the hospital, where he almost dies.