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Vladek and Anja met one another in Sosnowiec, Poland
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Vladek and Anja get married after Vladek had moved to Sosnowiec
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Richieu was born in Sosnowiec where the couple was married.
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Slovaks declare their independence because of German pressure.
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France and Great Britain guarantee the integrity of the borders of the Polish state.
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Vladek drafted into the Polish Army fighting against the Nazis.
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Germany invades Poland, starting WWII in Europe.
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Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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The Nazis had taken Vladek in to become a prisoner. Poland is soon defeated after.
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Jews were now forced to wear the Star of David for identification, including Elie Wiesel and his family.
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Vladek returns to Sosnowiec
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Germany invades Denmark and Norway, Denmark surrenders on the day of the attack; Norway holds out until June 9th.
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Elie and his family became residents of Hungary
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Twelve year old Elie began studying the Kabbalah.
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
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The US enters WWII by declaring war on Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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All the Jews in Sosnowiec get moved to the Ghetto.
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British bomb Cologne, bringing the war to Germany for the first time.
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During a mass inspection Vladek's father is taken from the ghetto.
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The plan to kill all the European Jews was beginning to go into action.
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Anja's parents are not able to escape death and are sent to a death camp where they die.
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By now, more than 4 million European Jews are killed.
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Around 440,000 Hungarian Jews are deported from Hungary, most of them to Camp Auschwitz.
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Elie Wiesel (15 at the time) and his family are deported in May to Auschwitz from Sighet. Only his two older sisters survive along with him.
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Hitler commits suicide
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The US drops a bomb on Hiroshima.
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Japan formally surrenders on August 14, 1945 ending WWII.
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Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz in January and US troops liberate Buchenwald on April 11.
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SS units take over Auschwitz in January. Elie and his father get moved to Buchenwald concentration camp near Germany.