The Life of Vladek Spiegelman

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
11th Oct, 1906	Vladek Born	Vladek born on October 11th, 1906
15th Dec, 1935	Vladek and Anja Meet	The two are introduced in Sosnowiec, Poland.
14th Feb, 1937	Vladek and Anja Marry	The couple are married after Vladek moves to Sosnowiec.
15th Oct, 1937	Richieu is Born	Richieu is born in Sosnowiec, Poland
24th Aug, 1939	Vladek Drafted	Vladek is drafted into the Polish Army to fight against the Nazis.
15th Sep, 1939	Vladek Captured as POW	Nazi soldiers take Vladek prisoner. Poland is soon defeated.
15th Feb, 1940	Vladek Released from Work Camp	Through a family friend, Orbach, Vladek is able to escape murder and hide out.
27th Feb, 1940	Vladek Returns to Sosnowiec	Vladek is reunited with his family after sneaking across the Poland-Germany Border.
15th Dec, 1941	Jews in Sosnowiec Moved to Ghetto	All the Jews in Sosnowiec are forcibly moved into the Stara quarter of Sosnowiec. Jews become increasingly persecuted.
26th Aug, 1942	Vladek's Father Deported	Vladek's father is taken from the Ghetto during a mass inspection. He dies in an Auschwitz gas chamber.
15th Apr, 1943	Jews in Sosnowiec Moved to Another Ghetto	The remaining Jews in the Sosnowiec Ghetto are moved to an old village, Srodula. Richieu is taken to Zawriercie to avoid being deported.
15th Aug, 1943	Anja's Parents Killed	Vladek and Anja escape death through bribing a Jewish official, Haskel. Anja's parents are not able to escape and are sent to a death camp.
26th Aug, 1943	Richieu Killed	Tosha, Anja's older sister, kills herself and the children she is caring for, including Richieu, in Zawriercie to avoid the gas chambers.
15th Jan, 1944	Srodula Ghetto Liquidated	All Jews remaining in the Srodula ghetto are taken to concentration camps. Vladek and Anja are still successfully hidden.
15th Mar, 1944	Vladek and Anja sent to Auschwitz	The couple tries to escape to Hungary with smugglers but are caught by Nazi soldiers while leaving on a train. They are sent to the concentration camp, Auschwitz.
18th Feb, 1945	Auschwitz Evacuated	Nazi soldiers march remaining Jews to the Dachau camp to escape the oncoming Red Army.
29th Apr, 1945	Dachau Liberated	The concentration camp, Dachau, is liberated by American forces. Soon after, Vladek and his friend, Shivek, meet the Americans.
7th May, 1945	Germany Surrenders	Germany surrenders to the allies and the European theater of WWII ends.
15th Jul, 1945	Vladek in U.S. Refugee Camp	In the summer of 1945, Vladek reaches the American run displaced persons camp, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
15th Jul, 1945	Vladek in Refugee Camp	In the summer of 1945, Vladek reaches an American run displaced persons camp.
15th Jun, 1946	Vladek and Anja move to Sweden	During 1946, the couple moves to Sweden from Poland, where Vladek becomes a partner in a department store.
15th Feb, 1948	Art Spiegelman Born	Art is born in Stockholm, Sweden.
21st May, 1968	Anja's Suicide	Anja, Vladek's wife, commits suicide. Both Art and Vladek are devastated.
28th Aug, 1982	Vladek Dies	Vladek Spiegelman dies at age 75 of a heart attack.