-
Vladek born on October 11th, 1906
-
The two are introduced in Sosnowiec, Poland.
-
The couple are married after Vladek moves to Sosnowiec.
-
Richieu is born in Sosnowiec, Poland
-
Vladek is drafted into the Polish Army to fight against the Nazis.
-
Nazi soldiers take Vladek prisoner. Poland is soon defeated.
-
Through a family friend, Orbach, Vladek is able to escape murder and hide out.
-
Vladek is reunited with his family after sneaking across the Poland-Germany Border.
-
All the Jews in Sosnowiec are forcibly moved into the Stara quarter of Sosnowiec. Jews become increasingly persecuted.
-
Vladek's father is taken from the Ghetto during a mass inspection. He dies in an Auschwitz gas chamber.
-
The remaining Jews in the Sosnowiec Ghetto are moved to an old village, Srodula. Richieu is taken to Zawriercie to avoid being deported.
-
Vladek and Anja escape death through bribing a Jewish official, Haskel. Anja's parents are not able to escape and are sent to a death camp.
-
Tosha, Anja's older sister, kills herself and the children she is caring for, including Richieu, in Zawriercie to avoid the gas chambers.
-
All Jews remaining in the Srodula ghetto are taken to concentration camps. Vladek and Anja are still successfully hidden.
-
The couple tries to escape to Hungary with smugglers but are caught by Nazi soldiers while leaving on a train. They are sent to the concentration camp, Auschwitz.
-
Nazi soldiers march remaining Jews to the Dachau camp to escape the oncoming Red Army.
-
The concentration camp, Dachau, is liberated by American forces. Soon after, Vladek and his friend, Shivek, meet the Americans.
-
Germany surrenders to the allies and the European theater of WWII ends.
-
In the summer of 1945, Vladek reaches the American run displaced persons camp, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
-
In the summer of 1945, Vladek reaches an American run displaced persons camp.
-
During 1946, the couple moves to Sweden from Poland, where Vladek becomes a partner in a department store.
-
Art is born in Stockholm, Sweden.
-
Anja, Vladek's wife, commits suicide. Both Art and Vladek are devastated.
-
Vladek Spiegelman dies at age 75 of a heart attack.
