Night Timeline By danielphillips14 Sep 30, 1928 Elie Is Born Born September 30, 1928 born in Sighet, Romaniain Sighet Jul 12, 1937 Buchenwald camp opens Buchenwald from its opening in July 1937 Sep 3, 1939 War is declared Britain and France are at war with Germany following the invasion of Poland two days ago. Apr 9, 1940 Germany captures Norway and Denmark April 9, 1940 - German invades both Denmark and Norway Sep 3, 1941 Auschwitz began to use poisonous gas September 3, 1941:The first test use of Zyklon-B gas at Auschwitz. Jul 1, 1944 Elie and father are sent to Auschwitz Elie Wiesel’s family was sent to a concentration camp named the Auschwitz Apr 1, 1947 elie went to Sorbonne to study philospy Elie Wiesel studies at the Sorbonne in Paris. Apr 9, 1955 Elie moves to us In 1955, Wiesel moved to New York City, having become a US citizen Apr 11, 1956 Elie is encouraged to write about life in the camps In 1956 Wiesel's first book, a Yiddish memoir entitled And the World Was Silent, was published in Argentina. Two years later a much smaller version of the work was published in France as La Nuit. Jan 9, 1960 Publishes english version of NIGHT "The English translation came out in 1960, Apr 9, 1986 Nobel Peace Prize Nobel Peace Prize, 1986.