The Holocaust at Night

  • End of WW1

    End of WW1
  • Adolf Hitler becomes leader of Nazi party

    Adolf Hitler becomes leader of Nazi party
  • Elie Wiesel born

  • US Stock Market crashes

  • Hitler become chancellor of Germany

  • Olympics held in Berlin, Germany

    Olympics held in Berlin, Germany
  • Kristallnacht

  • 1st concentration opened near Berlin

  • Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand declare war on Germany

  • Nazis begin euthanasia on sick and disabled

  • Nazis invade the Netherlands (Holland)

    Nazis invade the Netherlands (Holland)
  • Allies bomb Berlin

    Allies bomb Berlin
  • Nazis invade northern Africa

    Nazis invade northern Africa
  • Gas chambers used for first time at Auschwitz

    Gas chambers used for first time at Auschwitz
  • Nazis order Jews to wear yellow stars

  • Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

  • Elie & his family are deported

  • Allied Forces D-Day invasion

  • Eli & father transferred to Buchenwald

  • Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz

  • Elie’s father dies in Buchenwald

  • Eli liberated from Buchenwald

  • USA drops nuclear bomb on Hiroshima

  • USA drops nuclear bomb on Nagasaki

  • State of Israel created