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Elie Wiesel is born in Transylvania, Romania.
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Nazis open Dachau concentration camp near Munich, to be followed by Buchenwald near Weimar in central Germany, Sachsenhausen near Berlin in northern Germany, and Ravensbrück for women.
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German President von Hindenburg dies. Hitler becomes Führer.
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Nazis pass law allowing forced abortions on women to prevent them from passing on hereditary diseases.
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Olympic games begin in Berlin. Hitler and top Nazis seek to gain legitimacy through favorable public opinion from foreign visitors and thus temporarily refrain from actions against Jews.
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Nazis invade Poland (Jewish pop. 3.35 million, the largest in Europe). Beginning of SS activity in Poland.
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The Warsaw Ghetto, containing over 400,000 Jews, is sealed off.
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Elie meets beadle for the first time
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All Sighet Jews are forced from their homes and told to line up in the street at 8 A.M. At 1 P.M., the first group departs by train.
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Elie undergoes surgery on his foot in the Auschwitz infirmary.
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The red army liberates Auschwit.
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Elie's father dies in his bunk at Burchenwald.
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Elie falls ill with food poisoning. Elie is liberated with the arrival of U.S. troops.
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Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker.