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End of WW1
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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of Nazi party
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Elie Wiesel is born
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U.S. stock market crashes
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Hitler became chancellor of Germany
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First concentration camp opened near Berlin
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Olympics held in Berlin, Germany
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Kristallnacht
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Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand declare war on Germany
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Nazi's begin using youth euthanasia on sick and disabled
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Nazi's invade the Netherlands
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Nazis invade North Africa
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Gas chambers used for the first time at Auschwitz
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Nazi's order Jews to wear yellow stars
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
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Elie and his family are deported
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Allied Forces D-Day invasion
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Elie and his father transferred to Buchenwald
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Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz
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Elie's father dies in Buchenwald
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Elie liberated from Buchenwald
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Nazis bomb Berlin
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U.S.A. drops bomb on Hiroshima
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U.S.A. drops nuclear bomb on Nagasaki
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State of Israel created
