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End of WW1
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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi party
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Elie Wiesel is born
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US Stock Market Crash
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Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
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Olympics held in Berlin, Germany
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Kristallnacht
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1st concentration camp (Dachau) near Berlin opens
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Britain, France Australia, and New Zealand declare war on Germany
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Nazis begin euthanasia on the sick and disabled.
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Nazis invade the Netherlands (Holland)
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Nazis force Jews to wear identifying yellow stars
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Gas chambers used for the first time in Auschwitz
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbour
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Nazis invade northern Africa
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Allies bomb Berlin
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Elie & his family are deported from Hungary
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Allied Forces D-Day Invasion
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Eli & his father are 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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U.S. drops nuclear bomb on Nagasaki.
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End of World War 2
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The state of Israel is born
