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Birth
Elie Wiesel is born in Transylvania, Romania -
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Moshe
Elie meets Moshe the Beadle -
Moshe escapes
Moshe escapes the Nazies and warns the Jews about the cruelty that is to come. -
quarantine
Nazies confiscate Jewish family's valuables, make them wear the yellow star of david, and ban them from the public -
small ghetto
Elie's family moves to the small ghetto -
Wiesels leave
Elie's family leaves there town and aboard a railway car. -
Reach Birkenau
Elie reaches Birkenau, Guards send Elie and his father to Auschwitz. The last time he sees his mother and sister. Elie and his father march to Buna. Elie is tattooed A-7713. -
infirmary
Elie goes to the infirmary for his foot. Elie and his father run to Gleiwitz, where they ride in cattle cars for 10 days to Buchenwald. -
liberation
Auschwitz is liberated -
death
Elie's father dies -
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sloitude
Elie had no thought of remorse or really any thoughts at all, except for food. -
freedom
Elie is set free by U.S. troops