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End of WW1
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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of Nazi party
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Elie Wiesel born
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US Stock Market crashes
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Hitler become chancellor of Germany
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1st concentration opened near Berlin
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Olympics held in Berlin, Germany
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Nazis begin euthanasia on sick and disabled
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Nazis order Jews to wear yellow stars
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Kristallnacht (the night of the broken glass)
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Beginning of WW2
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Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand declare war on Germany
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Nazis invade the Netherlands (Holland)
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Gas chambers used for first time at Auschwits
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Nazis invade northern Africa
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
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Elie & his family are deported
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Allied Forces D-Day invasion
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Elie & father transferred to Buchenwald
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Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz
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Elie’s father dies in Buchenwald
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Elie liberated from Buchenwald
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Allies bomb Berlin
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USA drops nuclear bomb on Nagasaki
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USA drops nuclear bomb on Hiroshima
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World War 2 Ended
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State of Israel created
