Cooper Meadows 2018 "Night" By coopdog52 Nov 11, 1918 End of WW1 Feb 27, 1925 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of Nazi party Sep 20, 1928 Ellie Wiesel born Oct 1, 1929 US Stock Market Crashes Jan 30, 1933 Hitler become chancellor of Germany Mar 12, 1933 1st concentration opened near Berlin Aug 1, 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht Aug 18, 1939 Nazi begin euthanasia on sick and disabled Sep 3, 1939 Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand declare war on Germany May 10, 1940 Nazis invade the Netherlands (Holland) Aug 15, 1940 Gas chambers used for first time at Auschwitz Aug 25, 1940 Nazis bomb Berlin Feb 19, 1941 Nazis Invade northern Africa Feb 19, 1941 Nazis invade northern Africa Sep 1, 1941 Nazis order Jews to wear yellow stars Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor May 1, 1944 Elie & his family are deported Jun 6, 1944 Allied Forces D-Day invasion Jan 1, 1945 Eli & father transferred to Buchenwald Jan 27, 1945 Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz Jan 28, 1945 Eli's father dies in Buchenwald Apr 11, 1945 Elie liberated from Buchenwald May 14, 1945 State of Israel created Aug 6, 1945 USA drops nuclear bomb on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 USA drops nuclear bomb on Nagasaki