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