Maus/ Night Timeline

By nanette

  • Elie Wiesel was born

  • Hitler is appointed chancellor of Germany

  • Vladek meets Anja

  • Vladek and Anja have their first child Richieu

  • Anja is sent to the sanitarium

    She becomes ill after delivering their child, Richieu

  • Vladek returns to Sosnowiec

  • Vladek is sent to serve in the Polish army

  • Germany invades Poland

  • Vadek is taken prisoner of war

  • Vladek volunteers to work in labor instead of POW

  • Vladek is released from prisoner of war

  • Auschwitz/ Birkenau camp is constructed

  • Elie meets Moishe the Beadle.

    He begins to discuss and study Kabbalah with him.

  • Anja and Vladek's parents are sent to the Auschwitz gas chambers

  • All foreign Jews are exported

    Moishe is sent away

  • Moishe returns to Sighet

    He comes back with knowledge that will help the Jews prepare for what is to come, but no one will listen to him.

  • Richieu passed away

  • Vladek and Anja are sent to Auschwitz

  • Elie and his family are sent to Auschwitz

  • Elie undergoes surgery for his foot

  • Elie's father passed away

  • U.S. troops liberate Buchenwald

  • Elie and his father are transferred to Buchenwald

  • State of Israel is created

    Created partition of Palestine into an Arab state and a Jew state

  • Elie visits Jerusalem