Maus and Night Timeline

  • Wedding

    Wedding

    On this day in history Vladek married his loving wife Anja
  • Birth of Richue

    Birth of Richue

    Vladeks first son was born
  • The Trip

    The Trip

    On the way to a hospital in Czechoslovakia, Vladek and Anja were passing a German town and discovered the Swastika for the first time.
  • Draft day

    Draft day

    Vladek gets drafted into the army along with other people in town
  • Prisoner

    Prisoner

    Vladek was held prisoner by German forces and had to do manual labor like moving mountains to level out terrain.
  • Invasion

    Invasion

    Germany invaded Poland without warning sparking the start of World War Two
  • More countries join

    More countries join

    Britain and France were at war with Germany and within a week, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa had also joined the war.
  • The Escape

    The Escape

    Vladek has managed to escape from the camps and was reunited with his wife and son. Only to be taken again and forced into ghettos.
  • The Germans

    The Germans

    German forces begin the occupation of those parts of France controlled by the Vichy government.
  • British Invasion

    British Invasion

    British troops engage a German tank column only 30 miles from Tunis. Two RAF Horsa gliders carrying 34 British Royal Engineer Commandos, crashes in Norway en route to their mission of destroying the German ‘heavy water’ plant at Telemark.
  • The Russians

    The Russians

    Retreating before the British 8th Army (Montgomery), Panzer Army Afrika reaches El Agheila. The Russians claim 24,000 prisoners have been taken since the start of their counter offensive.
  • Moishe Comes Back

    Moishe Comes Back

    Moishe the Beadle comes back from being transported by the Germans. This is also the day everyone lost respect for him.
  • Poisoning

    Poisoning

    Tosha heard that everyone was being forced out of the town so she took the poison that she kept around her neck and give it to herself and the children to avoid getting taken away. Richue was with those children.
  • English

    English

    Vladek teaches english in return for food and clothing to help provide for his family
  • Auschwitz

    Auschwitz

    Vladek enters Auscgwitz.
  • Death March

    Death March

    The prisoners were forced to go on a death march. For 10 days the prisoners were forced to run, and at the end were crammed into cattlecars and sent to Buchenwald.
  • Germans Took over

    Germans Took over

    This is the time when the ghettos started to form, and everyone was forced into curfews and into other peoples homes. Survival started there, if you weren't in your house when curfew starts, you were shot on the spot. Food was scarce.
  • Jewish Leaders Arrested

    Jewish Leaders Arrested

    The Jewish leaders were arrested, and everyone was forced into and out of their homes and ghettos were formed
  • The Journey

    The Journey

    This this the day Elie was sent onto cattle cars and deported to Auschwitz. Up to eighty people were packed in each car creating a very tight cramped place for the people to be.
  • They Reach Birkenau

    They Reach Birkenau

    They arrive and the camp called Birkenau. They are unloaded and sent into lines. The woman to the crematorium the men towards the camp.
  • The Wiesel's March To the Ghetto

    The Wiesel's March To the Ghetto

    Their family was rushed into the ghettos and then they were assigned their place to stay.
  • Numbers

    Numbers

    Elie and evryone else was given numbers. You were no longer called by your name you were called by your number. This is one this that andvanced the story plot.
  • Reunited

    Reunited

    Vladek is moved to Birkenau where he is reunited with Anja.
  • Surgery

    Surgery

    Elie had some pain in his foot and decided to go into to doctors and get it looked at. When the doctor came back he told him he needed surgery.
  • Death of Elie's Father

    Death of Elie's Father

    On this cold night, Elie Wiesel's father dies of exhaustion, starvation, and thirst. Elie Feels relief in his fathers death, not because of dislike or hate towards him, but because his father was a weight weighing him down.