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On this date, Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet, Romania.
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Hitler gets elected to be the Chancellor of Germany.
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Vladek Spiegelman and Anja meet for the first time.
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Vladek marries Anja instead of Lucia.
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Vladek and Anja had their first born, his name is Richieu.
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Vladek gets drafted and forced to serve in the army.
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German Nazis were invading Poland, This started WWII.
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Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Vladek gets captured by German Nazis and becomes a war prisoner.
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A few cities including Poland and Sosnowiec were captured by German nazis and forced to surrender.
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The Jewish are forced to wear the Star of David as an arm band to identify that they're Jewish
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Auschwitz was one of the famous and known as the most unethical camp during the Holocaust. It was established and used as a concentration throughout the 1940's.
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Elie meets Moishe the Beadle. He is taught by Moishe the mystreries of Kabbalah
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The people of Sosnowiec are forced to move to Auschwitz for Dcument Inspections. Vladek's In-laws didn'y pass, they're seen as too weak to work for the Germans
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Auschwitz and Dachau start using their crematorium
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Jews that were forced to leave Sosnowiec and were sent to a ghetto. They were later moved to Zawiercic. Richieu, Vladek's first son, along with his aunt Tosha, were sent to Auschwitz.
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Richieu survived a gas chamber, but unfortunately died a few months later. The last of the Jews were killed, including Richieu
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Prisoners from the camp were tattooed with a series of numbers so they can be identified by the Germans. Vladek and Anja were both sent to Auschwitz, reuniting from the previous camp, Birkenau.
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The Jews, including Elie and his family, were forced to move to the Ghettos.
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The Wiesel family arrives at Birkenhall, Poland.
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The Jews, including Elie and his family, were sent on cattle cars by train to their first destination.
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Elie and his father are sent to Auschwitz
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On this date, Russian forces liberate Auschwitz.
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Elie's father, Shlomo, dies.
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On this date, Anne Frank died at Bergen-Belsen
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American troops free inmates in Dachau and Buchenwald
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Elie and other Jews are liberated when the U.S. troops arrive to rescue them.
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Art Spiegelman is born in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Elie is encouraged to write about his life during the Holocaust.
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On this date, Elie Wiesel moves to the United States of America.
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On this date, Elie Wiesel receives the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Elie gets NIGHT published in English.
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Anja was found by Vladek in the bathroom with her wrist cut, she had commited suicide.
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Vladek Spiegelman died due to heart failure in 1982.