1939-1945 Chris and Brandon

By SagerBL1998

  • German Troops Annex Austria

  • Riot in Downtown

    A riot in downtown Sosnowek killed two people that were trying to warn the townspeople to leave.

  • Vladek was drafted

    Vladek was drafted into Polish forces

  • The War Came

    The Polish take arms against the Nazi Front.

  • Germany Invades Poland

  • Vladek captured

    Captured by German forces.

  • Vladek released from work

    Vladek escaped German work camp

  • Vladek returns to Sosnoweic

    Vladek sneaks across border to get home

  • Italy attacks France

    Italy takes up arms against france

  • U.S. cracks Japanese Code

    United States Naval Intelligence cryptographers crack Japan's secret communications code and learn that Japan intends to conquer China

  • U.S. Seizes Axis Ships

  • Germany attacks Soviet Union

    German Troops attack Old Russia

  • U.S. Defends Iceland

    President Roosevelt announces that the United States will take over defense of Iceland for the duration of the war.

  • Auschwitz began to use poison gas

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japanese Planes bomb Pearl Harbor and put the U.S. in the war.

  • Jews relocated into Sosnowiec Quarter

    All Jews of Sosnowiec must be relocated into the Stara Sosnowiec Quarter by January 1st, 1942.

  • Battle of Stalingrad ends

    The stalemate at Stalingrad concludes

  • All Jews must register at the Dienst Stadium

  • Richieu

    Anja's older sister poisons Richieu to have him not suffer the gas chambers

  • Srodula Ghetto Cleared of Jewish Presence

    The Jewish Community is liquidated and Anja and Vladek avoid being removed by hiding.

  • The Nazis invade Elie's hometown

    All of the Jews rights were stripped.

  • Jews are forced from their homes

    The Jews are deported from their communities.

  • Elie arrives at the first work camp

    Elie arrives at camp Birkenau

  • Battle of the Bulge starts

    Troops take arms at the battle of the bulge

  • Elie gets surgery

    Elie's foot gets infected and needs surgery

  • Elie's Father dies

    Elie's Father dies in his bunk and is removed from camp.

  • The Holocaust ended

    The Allies are victorious

  • Elie's camp is Liberated

    Elie sees the first American tank roll into camp

  • Germany Surrenders

    The Nazi Party is overrun

  • Nazi Leaders are executed

    Allies get revenge