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Birth
Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet, Romania, later becomes Nungary. -
Vladeks Factory
•By October 1937, Vladek’s textile factory, financed by his in-laws, is up and running, and Richieu is born -
Pact of Steel
Italy and GermanyNazis sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy:Hitler’s invasion of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 angered Mussolini because it was clear that Germany was carving out its own empire and Italy was not. Mussolini made it clear to Hitler that he expected Italy to have the Adriatic Sea as a sphere of influence.In May 1939, the Germans and Italians cemented their friendship with the Pact of Steel. This pact committed both countries to support the other if one of them became involved in a war. -
Call of Duty
•In August, 1939, Vladek is called into active duty in the Polish army -
Frontlines
•In September, 1939, Vladek is fighting in the trenches against the Germans. He is taken prisoner during a skirmish. He is first taken to a POW camp, then to a labor camp. Finally, several months later, he is released. -
Lodz ghetto closed off:
Lodz ghetto closed off: approximately 165,000 inhabitants in 1.6 square miles. -
Dunkirk Miracle
After the British get trapped at Dunkirk the Allies heroicly rescue them in three days. -
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Sealion Hitler plans Operation Sea Lion (the invasion of Britain).The projected invasion on Britain included: Army Group A (6 divisions) invading Kent via the areas near Ramsgate, Folkstone and Bexhill. Army Group A (4 divisions) invading Sussex and Hampshire via the area around Brighton and the Isle of Wight. Army Group B (3 divisions) invading Dorset via Lyme Bay. The whole plan relied on Germany having complete control of the English Channel, this meant that Germany had to have cont -
Lend-Lease Act
US agreed to supplie Allies and European powers during WW2. -
Germany occupies Greece and Yugolsavia
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Murder of 19,000 Jews in Odessa
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Day of Infamy
This was the day where Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor. Many woke up to the sound of Japanese bombings. They sunk or destroyed nineteen ships, and 2,300 were killed. This sparked the U.S. involvement in World War II. -
Germany declares war on the Us
December 11, 1941 Hitler declares war on the United States. On December 7, 1941, while German armies were freezing before Moscow, Japan suddenly pushed the United States into the struggle by attacking the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Germany and Italy have announced they are at war with the United States. America immediately responded by declaring war on the two Axis powers. -
"Final Solution of the Jewish Question."
January 20, 1942 - SS Leader Heydrich holds the Wannsee Conference to coordinate the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." On January 20, 1942, Reinhard Heydrich, Hitler's second in command of the SS organization, convened a conference in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee. At the meeting, 15 top Nazi bureaucrats and members of the SS met to coordinate the "Final Solution" in which the Nazis would attempt to exterminate the 11 million Jews of Europe and the Soviet Union. -
Jewish fighting organization
Jewish fighting organization (ZOB) established in Warsaw Ghetto. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
There was a huge Japanese air base on Guadalcanal, and Genearl MacArthur wanted to sieze it. The marines didn't have a problem siezing the airfield, but the battle for the island was a huge struggle. The battle finally ended within six months, and the Japanese called it "the island of death." -
Allied forces land in North Africa.
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Forced to work
•Vladek continues his story as he walks to his bank with Art. It is now the year 1943. The Jews have been moved to Srodula, and they are forced to work in the shops and factories of Sosnowiec. -
First bombing raid by Americans
January 27, 1943 - First bombing raid by Americans on Germany (at Wilhelmshaven). On this day, 8th Air Force bombers, dispatched from their bases in England, fly the first American bombing raid against the Germans, targeting the Wilhelmshaven port. Of 64 planes participating in the raid, 53 reached their target and managed to shoot down 22 German planes-and lost only three planes in return. -
Himler orders liquidation
Himler orders the liquidation of all the ghettos in Poland and the Soviet Union. -
Germany occupies Hungary
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Arrival in Poland
Wiesel family arrives at Birkenall, Poland. -
D-Day
June 6, 1944 - D-Day landings on the northern coast of France.On June 6, 1944, a date known ever since as D-Day, a mighty armada crossed a narrow strip of sea from England to Normandy, France, and cracked the Nazi grip on western Europe. -
Concentration Camp
Elie and his father were sent to Auschwitz. -
Liberation
Russian forces liberated Auschwitz where wiesel was held. -
Free!!!!!!!!!
American troops free inmates at Dachau and Buchenwald. -
Adolf Hitler killed himself.
Adolf Hitlerr killed himself by taking a cynanine pill. Along with his wife, Eva Braun, -
Displaced Persons Camp
In the summer of 1945, Vladek reaches the American run displaced persons camp, Garmisch-Partenkirchen -
Little Boy was dropped
Little Boy The mushroom cloud billowing up 20,000 feet over Hiroshima. It was the first nuclear weapon to be used and developed by Manhattan Project during WWII. -
Japan announces formal surrender
Japan SurrendersJapanese representatives signed the official Instrument of Surrender, prepared by the War Department and approved by President Truman. It set out in eight short paragraphs the complete capitulation of Japan. The opening words, "We, acting by command of and in behalf of the Emperor of Japan," signified the importance attached to the Emperor's role by the Americans who drafted the document.
