Night Timeline By Megan Click Period: Aug 1, 1928 to Dec 1, 1946 Timeline of Night Sep 30, 1928 Birth of Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel is born in Sighet, Translyvania. Jan 30, 1933 Nazi Party Takes Power The Nazi Party takes power in Germany and Hitler becomes prime minster of Germany. Apr 9, 1935 Jews Lose Their Rights in Germany Apr 9, 1936 Olympic Games Are Held in Germany Apr 9, 1938 German Troops Annex Austria Apr 9, 1939 Germany Takes Over Czechoslovakia Apr 9, 1939 Jews in Poland are Forced to Wear the Star of David Sep 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland Apr 9, 1940 Nazis Begin to Deport German Jews to Poland Apr 9, 1940 Jews are Forced into Ghettos Apr 9, 1940 Elie and his Family Become Residents of Hungary Apr 9, 1941 Germany Attacks the Soviet Union Apr 9, 1941 Elie Begins to Study the Kabbalah May 1, 1941 Elie and his Family are moved from Sighet to Auschwitz Apr 9, 1942 The Death Camp of Auschwitz-Berkenau Begins Operation Apr 9, 1943 Hitler Becomes the Leader of Germany Apr 9, 1943 German Troops Invade Sighet, Translyvania Jan 1, 1945 Nazis Begin to Evacuate Death Camps including Auschwitz Jan 1, 1945 Elie and his Father are Transferred to Buchenwald Concentration Camp Jan 9, 1945 Elies Fther Dies from Dysentery Apr 9, 1945 The Holocaust Ends Apr 11, 1945 Elie was Liberated May 1, 1945 World War II Ends Apr 9, 1946 The International Militarty Tribunal tries Nazi Leaders for War and Humanity Crimes