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U.S. Senators deny the President's request to aid Britain and France
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The Soviet Union and Germany sign a Nonaggression Pact, which leaves Poland open for Germany to invade.
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The Polish Reserves army sends a draft notice out to the men of their country.
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The Polish army meets front lines with the German army.
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Hitler commands military ground troops and air forces to invade and bomb Poland.
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A coupon system was implemented to help control the flow of food in markets and to limit the amount of food one's family could purchase.
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Prisoners of war were either released or transported systematically across Poland.
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Jewish businesses are taken by the Nazis, and given to "Aryan Managers".
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The French military is defeated by the German armies under Adolf Hitler's control, and Britain retreats.
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Foreign Jews were expelled from Sighet. Most were executed or left to die.
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Despite signing the Nonaggression Pact, Germany invades the Soviet Union, violating their agreement.
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The Japanese make an act of aggression, with Japanese fighter planes attacking the American's base at Pearl Harbor.
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All Jews of Sosnowiec were forced to relocate to Stara Sosnowiec. Those who were still in Sosnoweic by January first were vacated out of the town.
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The Japanese and the U.S battle for an island between Hawaii and Japan. U.S won taking them three days while sinking four japanese carriers.
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Jews of Stara Sosnowiec had to register themselves at the Dienst Stadium to get their documents inspected and stamped.
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Jews taken prisoner were no longer allowed to have jewelry, gold, silver, watches, or any other valuables on them. They had to be handed over to the Nazis.
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All Jews left in Sosnowiec had to leave town to live in an old village named Srodula.
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There's a mass genocide of children and people in the Polish village of Srodula. Over 1,000 were taken to Auschwitz, others were killed on the spot.
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The Allied forces capture Naples.
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In Spring of 1944, news of the Russian Army advancing spreads through Germany, and Nazi prisoners are forced to relocate to more secure camps.
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Elie's father was beaten by the Kapo, Idek, for not obeying his orders well enough.
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American, Canadian, and British forces begin to execute "Operation Overlord" by invading the shores of Normandy.
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Vladek and Anja are captured and delivered to Auschwitz.
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The U.S. and allies help liberate Paris from Germany's control.
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Eliezer and his father don't fast for Yom Kippur, a Jewish holiday, in fear for their health.
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Elie's father died and another ill prisoner replaced him in his bunk.
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The prison camp Buchenwald was liberated by the Americans. More camps get freed over time.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide in an underground bunker located in Berlin.
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Germany agrees to make an unconditional surrender to the Allies.
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The United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city Hiroshima, causing mass destruction.
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The war is pacified by a surrender ceremony done in Tokyo Bay on a U.S. battleship.