Night Timeline By Myla&Keelan2018 Feb 27, 1925 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of Nazi Party Sep 30, 1928 Elie Wiesel born Oct 29, 1929 US stock market crashes 1933 1st concentration camp opend near Berlin Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes chancellor 1936 Olympics held in Berlin 1938 Nazis begin euthanasia on sick and disabled Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht Started Nov 10, 1938 Kristallnacht Ends Sep 3, 1939 Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand declares war on Germany May 10, 1940 Nazis invade the Netherlands 1941 Nazis invade Northern Africa 1941 Gas chambers used for the first time at Auschwitz Sep 1, 1941 Nazis ordered the jews to wear yellow stars Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor 1944 Elie and his family were deported May 4, 1944 Allies bombed Berlin Jun 6, 1944 Allied forces D-Day invasion Aug 12, 1944 Eli and his father transferred to Buchenwald 1945 Elie liberated from Buchenwald Jan 27, 1945 Soviet Troops liberate Auschwitz Jan 28, 1945 Eli's father dies Aug 6, 1945 USA drops nuclear bomb on Nagasaki Aug 6, 1945 USA drops nuclear bomb on Hiroshima Sep 2, 1945 End of WW2 May 14, 1948 State of Israel created