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Vladek is Born
Vladek Spiegelman is born on October 11, 1906. -
Anja is born
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Vladek and Anja meet.
After being in a relationship with a girl named Lucia for many years, Vladek is introduced to Anja by one of his cousins. After Vladek returned to Czestochowa, where he lived, she called him and they talked on the phone every day. Soon, she began witing him letters, and she sent him a photo which he framed and kept at his home. They were engaged within a year. -
Vladek and Anja get married
Vladek moves to Sosnowiec to be with Anja and her family. They both move into one of Anja's rich father's two apaartments and is given money by Anja's father to start a textile factory. -
Richieu is Born
Vladek and Anja have their first son, Richieu. -
Vladek takes Anja to a Sanitarium
Anja has a break down after the birth of her son and has to go to a sanitarium to get better. On the way there, they first see the spread of Nazism and anti-Semitism, but are safe from it in the sanitarium in Czechoslovakia. Anja recovers, and 3 months later they return to Poland. -
World War 2
Germany starts WW2 by invading Polandm in 1939. Vladek recieves a draft notice to the army in the war against Germany. -
Vladek is captured as a Prisoner of War
After fighting for some time on the frontier, Vladek is taken prisoner by some German soldiers, who take him to a prisoner of war camp. -
Vladek is released as a Prisoner of War and escapes German territory, reuniting with his family.
Vladek surprises Anja and returns to Sosnowiec after being released from the POW camp and sneaking across the Poland-Germany boarder. -
Vladek amd the Jews are forced to relocate into Ghettos
The Jewish population of Sosnowiec are relocated by force into ghettos. -
Vladek's father is sent to Auschwitz
Vladek's father is taken to Auschwitz and immediately to the gas chambers. -
Richie's Death
Richieu and two other children are sent to a woman to keep them safe. In the spring, the Nazi's began to grab children and beat them. They took over 1,000 children to Auschwitz, and when their caretaker heard of the news, she poisoned the kids. -
Vladek and Anja are captured and sent to Auschwitz where the story continues in Maus II
After numerous attempts at hiding and escaping the Nazis Vladek and Anja are trying to flee to Hungary and are caught by Nazi's while in the midst of leaving on a train. -
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Events of Maus II
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Art Spiegleman is born
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Anja Spiegleman commits suicide
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Vladek Spiegleman's Death
