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Germany invades Poland.
Germany invades the Polish People... -
Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany
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Canada declares war on Germany.
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Soviet Union invades eastern Poland.
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Surrender of Warsaw
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Nazis carry out Kristallnacht, which destroys 7500 Jewish-owned stores and synagogues. Jewish children are banned from German schools. Many Jews emigrate.
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Soviet Union invades Finland.
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Finland signs peace treaty with Soviet Union.
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Germany begins occupation of Denmark and invades Norway.
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Evacuation of British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk.
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Capitulation of Norway
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All Jews in Sosnowiec are forced to live in the ghetto section
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Japan attacks US at Pearl Harbor, US enters World War II
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Elie Wiesel meets Moshe the Beadle.
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2000 more Jews deported from Sosnowiec to Auschwitz
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8000 Jews called to Sosnowiec stadium, then deported to Auschwitz
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Moshe the Beadle escapes Gestapo slaughter to warn the Jews in Sighet.
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Vladek and Anja are in hiding
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all remaining Jews in Srodula are murdered; Vladek and Anja are still in hiding
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Met French girl
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Vladek and Anja are sent to Auschwitz; quarantine til mid-May
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Anja is moved from Birkenau to Auschwitz I
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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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Elie undergoes surgery in the Auschwitz infirmary. Chlomo and Elie run with evacuees to Gleiwitz, where they and others board open cattle cars for a ten-day ride to Buchenwald in central Germany.
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The red army liberates Auschwitz
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Elie fathers dies in a bunk at Buchenwald.
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Wiesel and his father are sent to Buna.
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Soviets and Yugoslavs sign treaty.
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Elie falls ill with food poisoning. Elie is liberated with the arrival of U.S. troops.
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Dachau is liberated
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Germany surrenders