-
End of World War I
World War I began on July 28, 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918. -
Hitler
Hitler became leader of the Nazis party. -
Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel was born. -
Wall Street
The stock market crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday. -
Hitler
Hitler became chancellor on this date. -
Nazis
The Nazis began the North African campaign this month -
First Concentration Camp
This camp was called Sachsenhausen in English is "Saxons house" was established sometime during this month. -
Berlin, Germany
The XI Olympiad, the Olympics, was held in Berlin, Germany. -
Kristallnacht
Also referred to as "The Night of Broken Glass" was on the night of November 9, 1938. -
Declared war
This is the day that Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand declare war on Germany. -
Euthanasia Program
Sometime this month Nazis began the euthanasia program. -
Nazis
The Nazis invade Netherlands. -
Gas Chamber
The gas chamber was used for the very first time sometime this month in Auschwitz. -
Japan
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. -
Nazis
The Nazis ordered all Jews to wear a golden star. -
Nazis
The Nazis bomb Berlin. -
Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel, 15, and his family are deported. -
D-Day
D-Day is when our allies invade the Nazis controlled French coast. More than 9000 allied soldiers were wounded or killed. -
Elie and Father
Elie and his father are both transferred to Buchenwald sometime this month. -
Elie's Father
His father dies sometime this month in Buchenwald -
Soviet Russia
Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz . -
Elie Wiesel
Elie is liberated from the concentration camp. -
USA
The U.S. drops a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. -
USA
The U.S. drops the nuclear bomb on Nagasaki. -
Israel
The state of Israel is established.