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Vladek's Birth
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Vladek's starts to date Lucia
She becomes attached to Vladek but he realizes he couldn't marry her. She also tries to stop him from marrying Anja. -
Vladek's first time meeting Anja
Vladek meets Anja through a friend and finds her beautiful and smart. -
Vladek moves to Sosnowiec
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Vladek gets married to Anja
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Vladek Opens Textile Factory
Anja's father, who is very wealthy, funds a textile factory for Vladek to run to provide Vladek's family with wealth. -
Richieu (Vladek's son) is Born
Vladek and Anja have their first son and name him Richieu -
Vladek sees his first Nazi Flag
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Vladek's Textile Factory is Robbed
While Vladek and Anja are away on vacation the factory is robbed -
Vladek receives Draft to Fight in the War for Poland
Vladek is in the Polish reserves, so he receives a draft notice forcing him into the war. -
Vladek's moved to the Battlefront
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Vladek's kills someone for the first time in war
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Vladek's is taken as Prisoner of War
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Vladek returns with his family after he is released on Parshas Trama
Vladek is released from the prisoner of war camp and disguises himself as a German soldier allowing him to travel through Nazi Germany safely. -
Auschwitz Camps Officially Open
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Vladek is forced out of Sosnowiec
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Richieu (Vladek's Son) is given to Tosha hoping he will survive
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Tosha Posions Richieu to avoid the gas chambers
Tosha and her kids are about to be taken to the gas chambers, so she poisons all of them, including Richieu, to let them pass peacefully. -
Gas Chambes start being used
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Anja's Grandparents are taken
Vladek and Anja try to save Anja's grandparents from being taken by the Gestapo but they are eventually taken and die in the gas chambers. -
Kapo helps Vladek
Vladek is helped by one of the Kapo in return Vladek teaches him English. Vladek is given food and security as well. -
Vladek starts working as a Tinman
After telling one of the Kapo that he used to be a skilled tinman, Vladek is moved to be a tinman in one of the factories where he is provided safety because tinman are not usually killed -
Vladek and other Jews are held in train cars
After Auschwitz was evacuated the Jews are held in train cars for several days where many people died but Vladek survived by hanging his blanket from the roof and sitting on it. -
Vladek and Anja move to Sweden
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Art Spiegelman (Vladek's Son) is Born
Vladek and Anja have their second child. He doesn't have a brother because he sides during the war when he was poisoned. -
Vladek and his family move to the US
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Vladek Dies
Vlaek passes away due to heart issues