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Asked his father about kabbalah
In 1941 Ellie asked his father if he could study kabbalah or the mystical teachings of talmud -
Ellie was an avid follower of talmud
in 1941 Ellie was engrossed in his studies of the talmud and kabbalah -
Foreign jews were rounded up
In the beginning of 1942 Every foreign jew was taken from Sighet -
Moishe comes back
Moishe the beadle comes back with horrible stories of the nazis -
Everyone thinks that Moishes a liar
Moishe is labeled as a liar and they made it to the end of 1943 with no problems -
They think the wars almost over
In 1944 rumors of allie victory spreads throughout sighet -
Germans come to Sighet
The first Germans arrive in Sighet transylvania -
8 days of passover
The Germans come to Sighet and begin making rules and regulations concerning jewish civilians -
They begin to realize the changes may not be good
Jews start to become suspicious of the Germans wherabouts -
Ghettos
All the Jews in Sighet are rounded up and sent to ghettos around the city -
They were forced to where the star of david
The Germans force them to wear the star of david and the jews see no problem with it -
Ellies father is summoned to a meeting
Ellises father is told they are about to leave the ghettos -
Tap on the window
The Wiesel family is warned to leave by a tap on the window -
Trains
The Jews are rounded up and put on trains -
Left Sighet
All jews left Sighet on trains -
Madam Schatter has a breakdown
Madam Schatter sees flames and has a mental breakdown -
Arrived at Buna
All of them arrived at Buna and began work -
First realization of whats happening
They all realize whats happening to them -
Gassing
The Jews were gassed or taken to a block -
Ellie was seperated from his mother during the selection
Ellie and his father were seperated from his mother and sisters. -
They met their old family friends
They met a distant relative. -
Ellie gave up his gold crown
Ellie gave up his crown to stop his father form being beaten -
Ellie saw the young man hanged
A young man around ellies age was hanged for stealing during the air raid, it made ellie appreciate everything that he had -
First selection
They were informed of the first selection and elie and his father passed but a few others didnt and they were all gassed and killed. -
Young pipel was hanged
The young pipel was put onto the gallows fora crime he did not commit -
Elies foot became infected
Ellies foot became infected and he was admitted to the infirmary -
admitted to the infirmary
elie was admitted to the infirmary and was given a nice bed to sleep in and extra food -
evacuation of buna to buchenwald
They all began the evacuation to buchenwald in the middle of a freezing snowstorm -
Father died
Ellies father died after arriving in buchenwald -
Liberation
Elie and all of the other Jews were liberated from Buchenwald.