The Book Thief

  • Liesel's brother dies

    Liesel's brother dies as they travel by train to their new foster parents home in Molching.
  • First Book

    First Book
    When burying Liesel's brother, one of the guys who buried him dropped a book, and Leisel took it, not giving it back.
  • Period: to

    1939 to 1945

  • Adoption

    Adoption
    Liesel gets adopted by Hans and Rosa Hubermann, andnow lives with them on 33 Himmel Street
  • Invasion

    Invasion
    In the beginning of WW 2, Germany invades Poland. In a couple weeks later, 16,336 people were murdered by Nazies in many cities. Many of those people were Jews
  • Mussolini and Hitler

    Mussolini and Hitler
    Mussolini and Hitler announce Italy's formal alliance with Germany against England and France.
  • Second Book

    Liesel steels a second book from the Nazi burnig bon fire.
  • Jewish Fist Fighter

    Jewish Fist Fighter
    A jew named Max Vandenberg, friend of Hans Hubermann, comes and stays with in the house of 33Himmel Street.
  • Ghetto

    Ghetto
    German athorities begin to round up jews for the Warsaw Ghetto. Over 10,000 jews died from starvation
  • Gasoline

    Gasoline
    Gasoline rationing goes into effect int the Eastern United States.
  • More Books

    More Books
    Liesel steels more books from the Mayor's Library.
  • Leaving Jew

    Max Vandenberg leave Liesel and The Hubermanns because he feels he is making the struggle.
  • Foster Father

    Foster Father
    Hans Hubermann has to leave Liesel and Rosa to help with the war
  • Hungrian Jews

    Hungrian Jews
    Nazis begin deporting Hungarian Jews. Over 27,380,000 were sent to Auschwitz
  • All Over

    All Over
    The town of Molching gets bombed without warning, and she was the only one in her nieghborhood that survived.
  • Meeting Again

    Meeting Again
    Max Vandenberg comes back after awhile to find Liesel after the bombing.