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  Vladek is drafted into the army and is sent to the front lines
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  Germany invades several european counties, leading them to declare war on Germany.
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  After the Germans capture the poles fighting, Vladek is taken to a POW camp
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  1st ghetto established in Lodz, Poland
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  After transfering to a different camp and being released, Vladek sneaks across the border to Sosnowiec, suprising his family.
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  Nazis invaded Norway and Denmark on the 19th of april, 1940
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  1,486 dead, 11,000 buildings destroyed.
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  The Nazis begin exterminating Jews with a Hydrogen Cyanide based poison called Zyklon B.
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  Jews herded onto an intersection, their valubles were taken, and they were shot
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  Elie officially begins to become investe in his religion, and is taught partly by Moshie
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  The Japanese attack pearl Harbor, in honolulu, Hawaii
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  Due to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, America and G.B. declare war on Imperial Japan
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  Richieu is given to Tosha and her family, however ends up poisioning them to give them a quicker death
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  They are told they will be taken to a place better suited to the elderly, but are taken to Auschwitz
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  Vladeks father, along with many others is old and frial, this gets him sent to the gas chambers in Auschwitz.
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  Aushwitz cremates bodies by the thousands
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  The Germans arrive at the Ghetto in Sighet
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  Vladek becomes a Tinman in a camp, securing his life.
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  The judenrat informs the Jews they will be temporarily moved to a smaller Ghetto.
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  Elie and his Family arrive in Auschwits, however only him, and ihis dad pass selection
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  Allied forces invade the beaches of Normandy, France
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  They are transfered from Birkenau to the work camp of Buna
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  Vladek begins to repair shoes, this came with several benefits.
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  Marched to Gleiwitz to be put on a train headed for Buchenwald
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  The russians liberate Aushwitz
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  Out of about 100 people in the box car, only 12 survive
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  Elie's father dies of Dysentary
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  Ann frank Dies at Bergen-Belsen