holocaust-night By kelvin912 Period: Jan 30, 1928 to May 19, 1945 holocaust-world war 2-night Sep 30, 1928 Elie Wiesel is born in Transylvania, Romania Jan 30, 1933 adolf hitler appointed chancellor of gerany Sep 15, 1935 nuremberg race laws Aug 1, 1936 summer olympics takes place in Berlin Nov 9, 1938 Nazis organised 'Kristallnacht', the night of the broken glass Aug 23, 1939 nazi-soviet nonagression agreement Sep 1, 1939 germany invades poland, world war II started Oct 8, 1939 germans establish a ghetto in piotrkow trybunalski May 10, 1940 germany attacks western europe Dec 11, 1941 nazi germany declares war on U.S. Dec 30, 1941 Elie Wiesel meets Moshe the Beadle Jan 1, 1942 Moshe the Beadle escapes Gestapo slaughter to warn the Jews in Sighet Jan 1, 1944 Elie Wiesel and his family taken from their home Jun 6, 1944 D-Day: allied forces invade Normandy, France Jul 1, 1944 Elie and his father sent to auschwitz Apr 30, 1945 adolf hitler commits suicide
