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Vladek Meets Anja
While visiting his family for the holidays, Vladek's cousin introduces him to Anja. -
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The Life of Vladek Spiegelman Around & During WWII
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Anja and Vladek get engaged!
By the end of 1936 they were engaged and Vladek moved from Czestochowa to Sosnowiec. -
Vladek and Anja get married!
They get married and Vladek moves into one of his father -in- law's two appartments. -
Richieu is born!
Vladek and Anja's first son is born. His name is Richieu. -
First Time Vladek Sees a Swastika
When passing a small town on the train to the sanitarium, Vladek sees a Nazi flag. -
Vladek Recieves a Draft Notice
Since he was in the Polish Reserves Army he had to go away to fight on the frontier against Germany. -
Vladek on the Front
The war came and Vladek goes to the war front. He kills a German dressed as a tree. He is made a war prisoner and is taken to prisoners of war camps. Then he is moved to a labor camp. -
Vladek is released from P.O.W camp
On Parsha Truma Vladek was realeased from the prisoner of war camp. Parsha Truma is a section from the Torah which is read during one week every year. -
RELOCATE!
The Germans put up signs saying all Jews must relocate. Nahum Cohn and two others were hanged in the middle of the town center. Nahum Cohn was one of Anja's father's friends. -
All jews in Sosnowiec must go to live in Srodula
A new order forces Vladek and his family into a ghetto in Srodula. Around this time is also the last time Vladek sees Richieu. -
To Auschwitz!
Vladek and Anja end up in Auschwitz after smugglers call the gestapo on them. Vladek had trusted these smugglers in hopes that they would take him and Anja to Hungary. -
Vladek Teaches a Kapo English
A Kapo searches for a prisoner to teach him English. The Kapo chooses Vladek to teach him and in return the Kapo helps Vladek to survive. -
Quarantine
From March to May Vladek is in quarantine. Quarantine is a state of enforced isolation. -
Vladek's Career as a Tinman
Vladek begins working as a tinman in Auschwitz. This job aides him in his quest for survival. -
The First Time Vladek Comes to Birkenau
BirkenauVladek goes to Birkenau for work and also to see Anja. Vladek heard that Anja had been sent here from a nice woman named Mancie. -
Vladek Works as a Shoemaker
From August to October, Vladek works in a shoe shop where he fixes the boots of the German soldiers. -
Vladek Travels to Dachau
Vladek takes a horrific train ride to Dachau. Once he arrives he encounters lice, typhus, and more starvation. This is where he experiences his greatest misery. -
Exchanged as War Prisoners to the Swiss
Vladek and other prisoners were exchanged as war prisoners to the Swiss. They were sent on trains and brought to the frontier. -
WWII Ends
1945: Churchill announcing the end of World War II in EuropeGermany officially surrenders. The allies won! The Nazi's prisoners were freed. -
To Sweden!
Vladek and 10 refugees take a plane from Poland to Sweden. -
Art was Born
Anja and Vladek have Art. Art is their second son. -
Anja Dies
Anja commits suicide. Throughout Anja's life she had dealt with depression and it finally became too much. -
Vladek Dies
Vladek dies of congestive heart failure.
