The Book Thief Timeline: Final Project

Rome-Berlin Axis

Oct 25, 1936

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini form the Rome-Berlin Axis and join forces in the war.

Rudy dresse as Jeesie Owens

Oct 29, 1936

Shortly after the summer Olmpics held in Berlin Germany, Rudy dresses as popular American track star Jessie Owens and runs local track

Lodz Ghetto (Litzmannstadt) sealed: 165,000 people in 1.6 square miles

Mar 7, 1940

As the Nazi Party works to exterminate Jewish people from the world,
the Nazi Party puts non Aryan people as well as people who are against the Nazi Party in Ghettos.

Rudy meets Liesel

Apr 10, 1940

Rudy meets Liesel and immediately befriends her

France Surrenders

Jul 22, 1940

France surrenders to the relentles Nazi Germanys attacks

Rudy loves Liesel

Jul 31, 1940

Shortly after Rudy and Liesel become friends Rudy proclaims his love for Liesel.

Anti-Jewish riots in Romania, led by the Iron Guard

Jan 22, 1941

The Iron Guard leads Anti-Jewish riots in Romania leading to the genocide of hundreds of Jewish Romanians.

Hans Jr. Joins the Nazi Party

Mar 18, 1941

Hans is fed up with everyone and joins the nazi party to be with others who beleivein the Nazi Party

Hans Jr. is infuriated

May 16, 1941

Hans is very angry at his father for beleiving the Nazi Party

Hans Jr leaves

May 17, 1941

Hans cannot stand being with his father and Leaves his house.

Apple Stealing Gang

Oct 17, 1941

SInce their isnt enough food to go around on Himmel street rudy and Liesel decide to join an apple stealing group to feed their hunger

Extermination begins in Belzec

Mar 17, 1942

They start to mass murder people of the Jewish faith in Belzec and by the end of 1942 the Nazi Party had killed 600,000 people

Liesel gets Bullied

May 16, 1942

A Bully takes Liesels book and throws it into the Amper River. Rudy then goes into the Amper River and recovers the book for Liesel and asks for a kiss one last time.

Germans establish Treblinka concentration camp

Jul 22, 1942

The Germans establish another Concentraition camp to help rid the world of the non Aryan Race

Rudy has problems with his Hitler Youth leader

Aug 15, 1942

Rudy starts to have problems with his Hitler Youth leader because he is "Sadistic"

Rudy Wins!

Sep 15, 1942

Rudy wins track races at a Hitler Youth Carnival and is asked to go to an elite boarding school for Hitler Youth

Rudys rude awakening

Oct 24, 1942

Rudy now realizes that since he does not have to go to the elite boarding school that his father will have to go to war in his place.

Deportation of Jews

Oct 31, 1942

Mass Deportation of Jews from all counries that the Nazi Party Controls to death camps

Rudy and Liesel leave out Bread for the Jews marching to Dachau

Nov 13, 1942

As they see a large crowd of Jews on their death march to Dachau Rudy and Liesel leave out bread for the Jews

Rudy stops Liesel from chasing after Max when hes getting Marched to Dachau

Nov 15, 1942

Rudy stops Liesel from chasing after Max wen they see him among the Jews getting marched to Dachau

Stalingrad

Jan 14, 1943

a final fight between Soviet Russian and Nazi Germany

Hans Huberman Jr.dies at Stalingrad

Jan 15, 1943

Hans Jr. is killed during the fight at Stalingrad.

Liquidation of Craców Ghetto

Mar 16, 1943

The Nazi Party Starts the liquidation of the Cracow Ghetto, transporting them to extermintion camps

Warsaw Ghetto revolt

Apr 16, 1943

70,000 inhabitants of the Warsaw Ghetto Revolt against the Nazi captors which whom they fight till early June.

Rudies Death

Jun 15, 1943

Rudy is killed by an air raid which bombed Himmel street, Liesel Kisse his corpse