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(MAUS) Valdek marries Anna (Anja)
After receiving a nasty letter from Vladek's old girlfriend, Anja had to be convinced to marry Vladek, which she is in the end. -
(MAUS) Reicheu Born
Richeu was Valdek and Anja's first son who did not make it out of the war. -
(MAUS) Anja & Vladek go to Sanitarium
[Date Unknown Except For "Early 1938"]
Anja gets post-partom depression so her and Vladek go to a sanitarium for a few months. -
(MAUS) Vladek Drafted
As he was in the Polish Reserves Army, Vladek is drafted to fight against the Nazis. -
(WWII) Start of WWII
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Germany invades Poland, starting WWII. -
(WWII) Britian & France Join WWII
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Britian and France declare war on Germany, responding to the invasion of Poland. -
(MAUS) Parshas Truma
Vladek received a vision of being released from POW camp on the day of Parshas Truma ealier and was released today. -
(NIGHT) Elie met Moishe the Beadle
Elie met a poor Jewish man named Moishe the Beadle in his small town. They ended up becoming friends and prayed together at the synagogue. -
(WWII) Pearl Harbor
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Japanese bombers attack the naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. -
(WWII) The United States enter WWII
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The US declares war on Japan, as a response to the Pearl Harbor bombing. -
(WWII) A War on Both Fronts
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The other Axis powers declare war on the US. -
(MAUS) Sosnowiec Jewish Relocation
Every Jew in Sosnowiec was commanded to relocate to the Stara Sosnoweic quarter by this day. -
(WWII) End of Japanese Pacific Conquest
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The US halts the Japanese island-hopping campaign at Guadalcanal. -
(MAUS) Jewish Registration
All Jews went to the Dienst Stadium to register. Some are safe, others not. Among the unsafe are Vladek's father and sister. -
(NIGHT) Moishe the Beadle warns everyone of the Germans
Moishe was captured by the Germans but managed to escape. He came back to the town where Elie was to warn everyone about the Germans, but nobody believed him. -
(MAUS) Srodula Ghetto
[Date Unknown Besides Year]
Nazis order the Jews that remain in Sosnoweic to relocate to a nearby village called Srodula. -
(WWII) Landing on Sicily
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US and British troops land on Sicily. -
(MAUS) Srodula Residents Deported
[Date Unknown Besides "Late 1943"]
Vans left the ghetto every Wednesday with more and more people heading to Auschwitz. -
(WWII) Allies land on Salerno
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The Allied troops land on the beaches of Salerno, an Italian city close to Naples. -
(NIGHT) Elie stopped recieving letters from his mother
Elie noticed that his mother was no longer sending him letters and assumed the worst. -
(NIGHT) In Spring, news from Russia: Germany will soon fall
When they were in the camps, the Jews heard news that Germany would soon fall. So they knew that they wouldn't be in the concentration camps for much longer. -
(NIGHT) During the 8 Days of Passover, the Jews become more restricted
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(WWII) Allies Liberate Rome
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Allied troops take Rome and liberate it. They can now bomb eastern Germany for the first time. -
(WWII) D-Day
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British and US troops land in Normandy, France. This marks the beginning of the end for the Nazis. -
(NIGHT) Elie met a French girl in Buna, Poland
Elie met a French girl in his camp who gave him support and comfort. -
(NIGHT) Elie's Surgery
Elie's foot was swolen and the swelling was full of pus. His operation was today. -
(NIGHT) Elie's father died
Elie's father was begging for water then died later that night from either beatings from the guard or dehydration -
(NIGHT) The Germans tried to exterminate the Jews faster
People were starting to get suspicious of the Germans, so the Germans started to get rid of the Jews faster -
(NIGHT) Elie left Buchenwald
