Timeline

Jan 30, 1933

Hitler rises to power
Period: Apr 9, 1933 to Apr 9, 1945

Holocaust
Jul 14, 1933

Nazi Party is declared the only legal party in Germany; Also, Nazis pass Law to strip Jewish immigrants from Poland of their German citizenship.
May 21, 1935

Nazis ban Jews from serving in the military.
Mar 7, 1936

Nazis occupy the Rhineland
Mar 10, 1936

SS Deathshead division is established to guard concentration camps.
Jan 10, 1937

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.
Sep 27, 1938

Jews are prohibited from all legal practices
Oct 15, 1938

Nazi troops occupy the Sudetenland.
Apr 30, 1939

Jews lose rights as tenants and are relocated into Jewish houses.
Sep 17, 1939

Soviet troops invade eastern Poland.
Jun 14, 1940

first shipment

The first transport of Polish political prisoners arrives at Auschwitz.
Dec 10, 1941

Elie meets Moshe the Beadle
May 16, 1942

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.
Oct 10, 1942

Moshe the Beadle escapes Gestapo slaughter to warn the Jews in Sighet
Mar 17, 1944

Hitler Orders occupation of Hungary
May 27, 1944

The convoy reaches Birkenau, and Elie and Chlomo spend their first night in camp
Jan 18, 1945

The red army liberates Auschwitz
Jan 27, 1945

The Red Army liberates Auschwitz-Birkenau and its remaining 7,000 prisoners.
Apr 10, 1945

Elie is liberated with the arrival of U.S. troops.

Hitler rises to power

Holocaust

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

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.