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Vladek's Birth
Vladek is Born -
Vladek's Marriage
Vladek moves to Sosnowiec in late 1936 and marries Anja in February. -
Richieu's Birth
Vladek's wife gives birth to their first son, Richieu. (Here is a photograph of Vladek that hung in Vladek's bedroom for years after the war) -
Vladek is Drafted
Vladek receives a letter from the Polish government drafting him to the army.
(The image is a sample draft notice for the United States Army) -
Vladek goes to War
The Polish Army sends Vladek to the front to fight the Germans. The Polish lose this encounter and Vladek is taken as a prisoner. (This is a map of the Polish-German fronts during World War 2) -
Jews removed from Sosnowiec
Vladek and his family are forced out of their home and into their first ghetto. (page 82) -
Vladek goes to Auschwitz
Vladek and Anja are captured by Nazis as they attempt to be smuggled into Hungary and are taken to Auschwitz instead. -
Vladek works as a Tinman
Vladek gets a job as a tinman with hopes that this job will keep him safe from the Nazi selections. -
Vladek works on Shoes
Vladek starts to work as a shoemaker, and this job proves even more valuable with the benefits of fixing every guard's shoes. -
Vladek leaves Auschwitz
The Nazis march the prisoners out of Auschwitz toward Gross-Rosen. (This photograph is of the thousands, even millions of jews and other prisoners of Auschwitz as they marched to a new camp) -
Vladek and Anja are Reunited
Vladek finally finds Anja in Sosnowiec after he had spent some time searching for her, and the two are very happy. -
Anja's Death
Anja commits suicide, and both Art and Vladek are torn apart by it not only because of what happened, but because she didn't leave a note. (This comic panel is taken from Art's comic "Prisoner on a Hell Planet" about his mother Anja's suicide) -
Vladek's Death
Vladek dies of conestive heart failure.
