Elie Wiesel By saberdoodles Sep 28, 1928 Wiesel's Birth Jan 30, 1933 Hitler Appointed Chancellor Sep 15, 1935 Nuremberg Laws Begin Sep 1, 1939 Nazis Invade Poland Apr 3, 1940 Auschwitz Established May 5, 1940 Wiesels Become Hungary's Citizens Jan 20, 1942 The Wannsee Conference Mar 19, 1944 Nazis Invade Hungary May 4, 1944 Wiesels Deported to Auschwitz Jan 27, 1945 Auschwitz Liberated Jan 28, 1945 Wiesel’s Father dies at Buchenwald Apr 11, 1945 Buchenwald Liberated May 8, 1945 World War II Ends May 14, 1948 Israel Established Jan 1, 1949 Wiesel Visits Jerusalem Jan 1, 1956 “And the World Stayed Silent” published Jan 1, 1956 Struck by Taxi Period: Jan 1, 1956 to Jan 1, 2015 Has Written 60 Books Aug 7, 1957 Wiesel Moves to America Jan 1, 1960 Night Published in America (French) May 2, 1960 Eichman Trials Jan 1, 1968 Receives Prix Medicis Apr 2, 1969 Elie marries Marion Jan 1, 1975 Receives Jewish Heritage Award Jan 1, 1985 Receives Medal of Honor Dec 10, 1986 Receives Nobel Peace Prize Dec 18, 1986 Wiesel Foundation Established Jan 1, 2006 Travels to Auschwitz with Oprah Jan 1, 2009 Travels to Buchenwald with Obama Jul 2, 2016 Wiesel's Death