Kaley Nidey 2018 "Night" By kaleynidey19 Nov 11, 1918 End of WWI Sep 30, 1928 Elie Wiesel born 1933 1st concentration opened near Berlin 1933 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of Nazi party Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany Aug 1, 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht Aug 18, 1939 Nazis began euthanasia on sick and disabled Sep 3, 1939 Britain, France, Australia, & New Zealand declare war on Germany 1940 Nazis bomb Berlin 1941 Gas Chambers used for the first time at Auschwitz Sep 1, 1941 Nazis order Jews to wear yellow stars Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor Nov 8, 1942 Nazis invade northern Africa 1944 Elie and his family are deported Jun 6, 1944 Allied forces D-Day invasion 1945 Elie liberated from Buchenwald 1945 Eli & father transferred to Buchenwald Jan 27, 1945 soviet troops liberate Auschwitz Apr 11, 1945 Eli's father dies in Buchenwald May 10, 1945 Nazis invade the Netherlands (Holland) 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 1987 US stock market crashes