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Period: to
Second World War
Timeline
made by Benjamin Ortiz Q. -
Moshe the Beadle sent to Poland
Moshe the Beadle and other foreign Jews are expelled to Poland. According to Moshe, Jews had to dig graves for themselves and Moshe escaped. This event is significant in the novel becuase Elie looks back in his life--all the mistakes he could have improved. -
Arriving at Auschwitz
Elie sees a huge pit where the Jews are to be burned alive and loses faith in God's justice. He doesn't recite the Kaddish and doesn't believe that humanity would commit such an atrocity. -
Arriving at Buna
Elie's life is changed when he meets a violinist and his mother, who believe God will save them from famine. This event starts his will to survive and the need to avoid violence because of selfish needs. -
Ellie is asked to get his Golden Crown removed
He says that he is sick and postpones getting his gold crown removed This is yet another example of a lie that Elie told for his survival. The dentist is hanged for illegally trading the gold teeth in order to get rid of the gold. -
Franek wants Elie's Gold Crown
Franek mocks and beats Elie's father until he surrenders the crown to the dentist. Idek and Franek are transferred shortly after -
Air raid of Buna
Two bowls of soup are left in the open, a man risks his life to drink the soup. As he is about to drink the soup, he is shot and falls lifeless.The Nazis hang the men who attempted to steal something. this event is important because it shows that Elie doesn't belive in the justice of god anymore -
Yom Kippur
Elie rebels against God by eating, while others fast in order to make amends for their sins. This shows that Elie barely believes in God, and is no longer a "Jew" himself , as he doesn't fast on the Jewish New Year. -
Second Selection
Elie worries that his dad might not pass the second selection. Soon, his dad is too weak to work and it is decided that he will be executed. Chlomo brings Elie his knife and spoon as his legacy for him to be remembered. -
Condemned Selection
Elie's dad passes, but Akiba Drumer is not so lucky. The most religious Jews . Ellie loses his will to survive, and loses his faith. People who didn't want to live soon died, and the concentration camps made the most religious into the rebellious non-Jews. -
Elie Hospitalized
Elie undergoes an operation and believes that Jews in the hospital will die before evacuation. Therefore, they choose to be evacuated with the others. This moment was important because it made Elie realize that he could have been set free 4 months earlier from concentration camp
if he would have stayed in the hospital. -
Arriving at Buchenwald
Chlomo is very sick as Elie tries to help him stay alive. Chlomo has dysentery as Elie tries to give him a will to live. This shows the relationship between Elie and his dad as they try to keep each other alive. -
Ellie's relationship with his father starts to fade
Some of the prisoners steal Chlomo's food as Elie feeds him proper food. The head of the camp tells him that Elie should focus on his own survival. This shows Elie drifting away from his father for his will to survive. -
Chlomo dies
Chlomo cries for water as a SS officer screams at Elie's father to be silent and beats him to death .Chlomo soon silences forever as he is taken to the crematory in the morning. Elie's selfishness acts and he does not cry when he realizes that his dad has been taken to the crematory, he instead feels relief. This is the moment when Elie finally drifts away from his dad forever. -
American army arrives
In the early month of April, the Nazis decide to kill most of the Jews left in the camp as the American army approaches. With just a few remaining, the Nazis decide to evacuate everyone. With an interruption of an air-raid, the American army arrives. Elie feels joyful as he is set free but only thinks about bread and soup. This is significant because it marks the end of Elie's tale of survival.
