Holocaust Night Myka Messinger By Myka123456 Nov 11, 1918 Ending of WW1 Sep 30, 1928 Elie Wiesel born Apr 24, 1929 US Stock Market crashes Jan 30, 1933 Hitler become chancellor of Germany Jan 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of Nazi party Mar 1, 1933 1st Concentration opened near Berlin Aug 1, 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht Sep 1, 1939 Nazis 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) Jun 10, 1940 Nazis invade northern Africa Sep 3, 1941 Gas chambers used for first time at Auschwitz Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor May 29, 1942 Nazis order Jews to wear yellow stars Mar 1, 1944 Nazis bomb Berlin May 1, 1944 Elie & his family are deported Jun 6, 1944 Allied Forces D-Day invasion Aug 12, 1944 Eli & father transferred to Buchenwald Jan 27, 1945 Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz Jan 28, 1945 Eli's father dies in Buchenwald Apr 11, 1945 Eli liberated from Buchenwald Aug 6, 1945 USA drops nuclear bomb on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 USA drops nuclear bomb on Nagasaki May 14, 1948 State of Israel created