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Vladek is called into active duty for the Polish army.
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Germany invades Poland and WWII begins.
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France and Great Britain declare war on Germany.
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Vladek returns to Sosnoiec where anti semetic violence has stedily grown worse.
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Since his in-laws factoty has been taken over, Vladek tries to make a living selling things on the black market.
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Vladek is fighting in trenches when he is captured and held as a prisioner. He is first taken to POW camp, then to a labor camp.
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Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British government.
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Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain. These attacks last until the end of October and is known as the Battle of Britain.
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Stein wanted to know if Reizel was okay and was wondering if Elies mother got any letters but Elies mother hasnt gotten any letters from them since 1940
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Elie meets Moishe the Beadle for the first time and Elie was very fasinated by him and Elie was 13 at the time.
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The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies.
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Moishe get the first taste of the holocoast and tries to warn the jews, and tell them about the horrors but everyone thought he was mad.
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Stien, Elies cousin got deported in 1942 and when he heard Elie arrived, he started to look for him
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Elies grandfather comes to celebrate with the family and the year ended
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The jews are moved to Srodula and are forced to work in the shops and facrories of Sosnowiec.
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They send Richieu to live with relatives, but once Nazis come he is poisoned by his aunt to avoid being taken to the camps.
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Vladek and Anja have gone into hading in Sosnowiec.
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Vladek finds smugglers who could take them to Huangary.
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D-day and the Normandy invasion.
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Paris is liberated from Geraman control.
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This gave great hope for the jews, because this meant the war will end and it raised everyones spirits because they thought the Russian Front defeated them.
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The SS officers made the people get into ranks and they were to be judged to be sent to camp or the flames.
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They pay the smugglers to take them, but they betray Vladek and Anja.
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Vladek and Anja are taken to auschwits where they are seperated. Vladek states, "And we know that from here we will not come out anymore"(157).
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Elie and his father climbed into their bunk, both still in the camp just trying to survive.
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Germany surrenders to the Allies.
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The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
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Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Allies.
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Elie got strangled, and just trying to help his father but is having debates on whether he should help him.
