Night and the Holocaust By MrsConger Sep 30, 1928 Elie Wiesel is born Mar 22, 1933 Dachau is established Aug 19, 1933 Hitler becomes head of Germany Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 Great Britain declares war on Germany Apr 27, 1940 Auschwitz Concentration Camp ordered to be built Oct 1, 1940 Hungary, Romania, Slovakia join the German-Italian Alliance Oct 1, 1940 Elie's family becomes residents of Hungary Dec 11, 1940 U.S. declares war on Germany Sep 1, 1941 Elie begins studying the Kabbalah Jan 20, 1942 Wannasee Conference and the Final Solution Mar 19, 1944 Germany occupies Hungary May 25, 1944 Elie and his family deported to Auschwitz Nov 25, 1944 Himmler orders the gas chambers at Auschwitz destroyed Jan 17, 1945 SS troops evacuate Auschwitz Jan 17, 1945 Elie's father dies aoorixunate date Jan 27, 1945 Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz Apr 11, 1945 Buchenwald is liberated and Elie Wiesel is freed May 8, 1945 Germany surrenders Dec 9, 1948 United Nations establishes genocide as an international crime
