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Hitler is the chancellor
Hitler gained power by supporting anti-semitism, anti-capitalism, and anti-communism. he changed the Weimar Republic into the Third Reich. -
First Concentration Camp
Dachau opens as the first concentration camp in all of Germany in 1933. -
Vladek and Anja's first
Vladek and Anja's son Richieu is born in Sosnowiec, Poland, 1937 -
Poland's invasion
Gramany invaded Poland and the attack came without any warning or declaration of war. -
Vladek Spiegelman relased from pow camp
Vladek had a dream in which his dead Grandfather told him that he would be released on Parshas Truma. On the following Parshas Truma, his dream was correct and he was released. -
France surrenders to Germany
Hitler's forces attacked France, winning over Luxembourg, Netherlands and Belgium in the process. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese pilots bomb Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7th 1941. -
separated
Vladek and Anja are sent to Auschwitz and separated into different camps. -
D-Day
160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy. -
Vladek and anja
Vladek sees Anja in camp at Birkenau -
Paris
The allies liberate Paris. After four years under German authority, Paris is now free. -
Anja
Anja moved from Birkenau to Auschwitz -
FDR
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt died on Aril 12th, 1945. Right after he died on the same day Harry Truman became president. -
Hitlers last day
Hitler and his wife commit suside -
VE-Day
The day on which the Allies announced the surrender of German forces in Europe. -
Hiroshima
The atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima was dropped by a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay took off from the island of Tinian and headed north by northwest toward Japan. -
Nagaski
The atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagaski.The bomb was dropped by parachute from an American B29 Bomber. -
VJ-Day
VJ Day started on August 15th 1945.the day on which the Allies announced the surrender of Japanese forces during World War II. -
Leaving Poland
Vladek and Anja leave Poland for Sweden -
Vladek and Anja with another
Anja gives birth to her and Vladeks second son, Art Speigelman in stockholm Sweeden -
To the US
The Spiegelman family moves to the U.S. and settles in Rego Park, New York. -
Anja's death
Anja commits suicide -
Vladek's dead
Vladek dies at an age of 75 yrs. and 10 months because of congestive heart failure. All I can say is that he lived a life that was one of a kind.
