Ww2

World War 2

By hietran740

  • Life in Sighet, 1920-1939

    Many of Sighet’s modern Jews worked in shops and offices, schools and synagogues. They were musicians, students, doctors and businessmen. But there were still those who carried out the traditional basic tasks. Some worked in the lumberyard, others tened their cows. There were also modernizing trends — youth groups, sports groups, community leaders, girls' clubs, and charitable activities.

  • Birth of the Nazis

    The Nazi Party is formed

  • Hitler supreme

    Führer Hitler is the new leader of the Nazis.

  • Washington Naval Conference

    9 countries attend the Washington Naval Conference in Washington D.C.. Japan withdraws from the agreements made @ conference.

  • Soviet Union

    Belarus, Russia, South Caucuses, and Ukraine form the Soviet Union.

  • Hitler aims for power

    Hitler and the Nazis try to take over the German government but fail.

  • Lenin and Stalin

    Lenin dies and Stalin takes over as leader of the Soviet Union.

  • Elie Wiesel was born

    Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet, Romania, a small rural town close to the Hungarian and Ukrainian borders.

  • Great Depression

    Great Depresion starts

  • Japanese Power

    Japanese start their "world invasion"

  • Supreme Hitler

    German President Hindenberg appoints Hitler as Chancellor.

  • Gestapo

    The Gestapo is established in Germany to maintain "order"

  • Hitler in Power

    Hitler receives the Führer of Germany title, making him chancellor and head of state.

  • Axists

    Axis Powers/Axis Alliance is formed, Germany allied with Italy and Japan

  • Hitler Youth

    The Hitler Youth expands to 5 million members. The group makes it mandatory for boys between the age of 10-18 to join.

  • Annexation of Austria

    Nazi Germany completes the Annexation of Austria. Austria was the first country to be annexed by Hitler’s Germany.

  • WW2 Begins

    World War II begins

  • Systematic Murders

    After the beginning of the war, however, the camps increasingly became sites for the systematic murder of individuals or small groups of persons.

  • U.S. Neutral

    U.S. proclaims its neutrality form the war.

  • Deportation of Jews (Holocaust)

    Deportation of Jews (Holocaust) begins from Austria and Czechoslovakia to send them into prisoner camps in Poland.

  • Hitler occupation

    Hitler occupies most of western Europe.

  • Prime Minister

    Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

  • Invasion

    Nazi Germany invades Belgium, France, Netherlands, and Luxembourg.

  • President FDR

    FDR wins 3rd term as U.S. President.

  • Housing in Concentration Camps Housing In Concentration Camps Housing in Concentration Camps

    3-tier bunk beds, lockers, tables and benches were installed. 300-600 prisoners were usually crammed together.

  • Yugoslavia invasion

    Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, and Italy invades Yugoslavia

  • Germany invades S.U.

    Germany invades the Soviet Union. US gives the Soviet Union a $40 million credit to help battle Germany.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. The United States declares war against Japan and enters World War II.

  • Hitler and U.S.

    Hitler declares war against U.S.

  • Executive Order 9066

    President Roosevelt signs the Executive Order 9066.

  • Largest battle in War

    The Battle of Stalingrad begins, and recognized as the largest battle of WWII

  • Invasion of Italy

    British and US troops land in Sicily and invade Italy.

  • Big 3 Alliance

    FDR, Churchill and Stalin meet in Teheran, Iran. Considered the “big three” allied leaders.

  • Housing Part 2 Housing part 2

    Bunks were shared by two-three prisoners

  • Spring-Summer 1944

    German Army moved into Sighet, created ghettos, and deported people.

  • Elie Wiesel deported

    Elie Wiesel and his family was deported from Sighet in May of 1944.

  • D-Day

    Allies invade and regain Europe on D-Day.

  • Camps

    When the allied troops began to liberate the camps in Germany, the Nazis attempted to dismantle the evidence of their mass murder. They also tried to send all of the jews to new camps by putting them on death marches.

  • Gypsies gassed

    a large group of Roma (Gypsies) was gassed in the destruction of the "Gypsy family camp." Nearly 3,000 of them were murdered

  • A FDR victory yet again

    FDR wins his fourth term as U.S. president

  • Christmas Hanging

    A group of prisoners were hanged on Christmas Day and the remaining prisoners were forced to watch.

  • Big 3 Alliance Part 2

    Called by many names, the Yalta Conference/Crimea Conference/Argonaut Conference, the “big three” leaders of the Allied forces discuss post-war Europe.

  • President Roosevelt

    President Roosevelt dies after serving 4 terms as U.S. president

  • End of Hitler

    Hitler commits suicide.

  • End of WWII

    The end of World War II in Europe when Germany starts surrendering.

  • Camp Report

    Government officials wrote in their report that, "The work at these camps mainly consisted of underground labor, the purpose being the construction of large underground factories, storage rooms, etc. This labor was performed completely underground and as a result of the brutal treatment, working and living conditions, a daily average of 100 prisoners died.

  • Birth of United Nations Birth of United Nations

    The United Nations Charter is signed and replaces the League of Nations.

  • Manhatten Project

    Manhatten Project detones first atomic bomb.

  • Fate of Europe

    Truman, Churchill, & Stalin meet for two weeks to discuss postwar Europe at the Potsdam Conference.

  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    The first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima and two days later on Nagasaki.

  • Official end of WWII

    Japan surrenders and completes end of World War II

  • Wiesel after war #1

    After the war, Wiesel went to an asylum in France where he mastered the French language.

  • Wiesel after war #2

    Wiesel became a professional journalist in France and Israel.

  • Korean Division

    United States divides Korea along the 38th Parallel, creating the North and South Korea.

  • Surrender

    Japanese representatives sign terms of surrender

  • Prosecution of Nazis

    Nuremberg Trials begin in Germany, prosecuting leaders of Nazi Germany.

  • Daily Life in the Camps

    http://www.jewishgen.org/ForgottenCamps/Camps/DayEng.html
    Wake up at 4 AM. Try to find your shoes and make the bed or you'll be beat up. You wash up quickly, and hurry out to breakfast, mess-tin in your hand. Served about 10 ounces of bread and coffee. Then, it's roll call, at risk to catch cold and die. Then, you go to work for 12-14 hours. Work as fast as you can or you'll be killed. No lunch, and exhausted by evening. After work, it's the evening roll call. After, dinner and the bunks, 5 to 1

  • Wiesel after war #3

    Wiesel wrote his first book on the war called Un die welt hot geshvign.(And the world kept silent) The book was first published in Buenos Aires. He then created an English and French version that was called "Night". None of the versions became very popular.

  • Wiesel after war #4

    Wiesel moves to New York where he is struck by a cab and forced into a wheelchair for almost a year. He then becomes an American citizen, and also a writer for a jewish newspaper. After some time and many books later, his novels, including "Night", became popular.

  • Wiesel after war #5

    Wiesel is appointed as the chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial council.

  • Wiesel after the war #6

    Wiesel is awared the Congresional Medal of Freedom.

  • Wiesel after the war #7

    Wiesel is awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.