Elie's Journey through Night

Elie's Journey through Night

Period: Jan 1, 1941 to Dec 31, 1945

Moshe the Beadle

Dec 1, 1941

At the end of 1941 (no exact date given), Elie begins to study with Moshe the Beadle. Moshe is deported as a foreign Jew at the beginning of 1942. Image at: http://jewish-heritage-travel.blogspot.com/2009/10/romania-new-holocaust-monument-in.html

Moshe Returns to Sighet

Dec 1, 1942

Moshe returns to Sighet (no exact date given) and shares the horrors he witnessed in the concentration camps. No one believed him. Life returned to normal; 1943 passed.
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German defeat certain

Apr 1, 1944

Spring 1944 (no exact date given) - News on the Russian front is that the Germans are sure to be defeated. Yet, 3 days later, the Germans march into Sighet.
Image at: http://nightperiod2.wikispaces.com/Holly+George

Events during Passover

Apr 8, 1944

Jewish Passover begins on April 8th; April 14th, the Germans arrest Jewish leaders. Within 3 days, Jews must wear yellow stars. Then ghettos were established.
Image at: http://www.israelpolitik.org/tag/holocaust/

Deportation

May 15, 1944

The Saturday before Penecost (occurs 50 days after Passover), news of deportation reaches the ghettos. Elie and his family are in the second wave of the deportatio, on a Tuesday.
Image at: http://www.ushmm.org/lcmedia/viewer/wlc/photo.php?RefId=5112

Birkenau

May 20, 1944

After the train ride with Madam Schachter, Elie and his family arrive at Birkenau, a reception center for Auschwitz. Date is approximate.
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Auschwitz to Buchenwald

Jan 1, 1945

To evacuate Auschwitz, Elie and his father go on the "death march" from Auschwitz to Buchenwald. Both survive. Date is approximate.
Image at: http://nightperiod2.wikispaces.com/Holly+George

Elie's Father Dies

Jan 28, 1945

During the night of Jan 28th into Jan 29th, Elie's father dies. He had received violent blows to the head with a truncheon from an officer during the day on the 28th as he begged Elie for some water.

Image at: http://www.myjewishlearning.com/life/Life_Events/Death_and_Mourning/Burial_and_Mourning/Tombstone.shtml

Liberation

Apr 10, 1945

American troops arrive at the gates of Buchenwald; the camp is liberate.
Image at: http://www.scrapbookpages.com/Buchenwald/Exhibits3.html