Night timeline By jbaker19 Nov 11, 1918 End of WWI Jul 1, 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of Nazi party Sep 30, 1928 Elie Wiesel born Oct 24, 1929 US Stock Market crashes Jan 30, 1933 Hitler become chancellor of Germany Mar 1, 1933 1st concentration opened near Berlin Aug 1, 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany Nov 10, 1938 Kristallnacht Sep 2, 1939 Nazis order Jews to wear yellow stars Sep 3, 1939 Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand declare war on Germany Oct 1, 1939 Nazis begin euthanasia on sick and disabled May 1, 1940 Elie & his family are deported Sep 1, 1940 Nazis invade the Netherlands (Holland) Aug 28, 1941 Gas chambers used for first time at Auschwitz Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor Feb 1, 1943 Nazis invade northern Africa Jun 6, 1944 Allied Forces D-Day invasion Jan 1, 1945 Eli liberated from Buchenwald Jan 27, 1945 Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz Jan 28, 1945 Eli’s father dies in Buchenwald Jun 7, 1945 Nazis bomb Berlin Aug 6, 1945 USA drops nuclear bomb on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 USA drops nuclear bomb on Nagasaki May 14, 1948 State of Israel created Jan 14, 1954 Eli & father transferred to Buchenwald