Nazi Party is declared the only legal party in Germany; Also, Nazis pass Law to strip Jewish immigrants from Poland of their German citizenship.
Nazis ban Jews from serving in the military.
Nazis occupy the Rhineland
SS Deathshead division is established to guard concentration camps.
Jews are banned from many professional occupations including teaching Germans, and from being accountants or dentists. They are also denied tax reductions and child allowances.
Jews are prohibited from all legal practices
Nazi troops occupy the Sudetenland.
Jews lose rights as tenants and are relocated into Jewish houses.
Soviet troops invade eastern Poland.
first shipment
The first transport of Polish political prisoners arrives at Auschwitz.
Elie meets Moshe the Beadle
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.
Moshe the Beadle escapes Gestapo slaughter to warn the Jews in Sighet
Hitler Orders occupation of Hungary
The convoy reaches Birkenau, and Elie and Chlomo spend their first night in camp
The red army liberates Auschwitz
The Red Army liberates Auschwitz-Birkenau and its remaining 7,000 prisoners.
Elie is liberated with the arrival of U.S. troops.
