Brennen's WW2 timeline By bburk11 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of Nazi Party Sep 30, 1928 Elie Wiesel is born Oct 29, 1929 US Stock Market crashes Jan 30, 1930 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany Mar 22, 1933 First Concentration camp opened near Berlin Nov 9, 1935 Kristallnacht 1936 Olympics are held in Berlin, Germany Summer of 1936 1939 Nazis begin euthanasia on sick and disabled Summer of 1939 Oct 3, 1939 Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand declare war on Germany May 10, 1940 Nazis invade the Netherlands (Holland) Jun 7, 1940 Nazis bomb Berlin Oct 1, 1941 Nazis order Jews to wear yellow stars Oct 3, 1941 Gas chambers used for the first time at Auschwitz Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pear Harbor Nov 11, 1942 Nazis invade North Africa 1944 Elie and his family are deported May 1944 Jun 6, 1944 Allied Forces D-Day Invasion 1945 Elie and his father are transferred to Buchenwald Early January Jan 27, 1945 Soviet Troops liberate Auschwitz Jan 28, 1945 Elie's father dies in Buchenwald Apr 11, 1945 Elie liberated from Buchenwald Sep 6, 1945 US drops nuclear bomb on Hiroshima Sep 9, 1945 US drops nuclear bomb on Nagasaki Oct 2, 1945 End of WW2 Jun 14, 1948 State of Israel created