Holocaust and Night Timeline

By ktrace

  • Elie was born in Sighet, Romania

  • Hitler is chancellor of Germany

    journey took 5 days elie was seperated from his mom and sisters and would never see them aggain.

  • Nazis open concentration camps

  • The Nuremberg Laws

    strip jews of all citizenships

  • Kristallnacht

    vanalized shops and looted by germans

  • Germany invades Ploand starting WW2

    started the killing of jews on a massive scale

  • Hitler creates Aushwitz

    1.1 million jews were killed at aushwitz

  • Dr. Mengele arrives at Auschwitz

    Dr. mengele would basically judge who lived and died

  • Elies dad died

    father died only days before liberation

  • Nazis evacuate Auschwitz

  • liberation from concentration camps

    jews were free

  • Elie and his dad were moved to Aushwitz

    moved to the worst concentraion camp in poland