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End of WWI
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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of Nazi party
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Elie Wiesel born
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US stock market crashes
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Hitler became chancellor of Germany
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1st concentration opened near Berlin
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Olympics held in Berlin, Germany
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Kristallnacht
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Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand declare war on Germany
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Nazis begin euthanasia on sick and disabled
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Nazis invade the Netherlands
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Nazis order Jews to wear yellow
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Gas chambers used for the first time at Auschwitz
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Japan bombs Pear Harbor
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Nazis invade northern Africs
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Elie and his family are deported
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Allies forces D-Day invasion
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Eli and father transferred to Buchenwald
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Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz
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Eli's father dies in Buchenwald
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Elie liberated from Buchenwald
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USA drops nuclear bomb on Hiroshima
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US drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
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State of Israel created
