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Born in Poland, Spiegelman was a survivor of the Holocaust and of Nazi labor camps. Moved tothe U.S. sometime after the war. His son, Art, later makes him the subject Maus, a graphic novel depicting Vladek's experiences leading up to and during the Holocaust and WWII.
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Romanian born Jewish-American Holocaust survivor. Born in Sighet, taken in 1944 from his, separted from his mother and sisters, and forced into work camp Buna with his father. Only member of his family to have survived the wok camps. Became well known for his writings of his accounts in labor camps. Earned a Nobel Peace Prize after writing Night in 1955. Still alivwe today at the age of 84.
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Newlywed couple moves into one of Zylberberg's father's appartments before the war.
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After appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany, the Third Reich became the common name for the totalitarionism in Germany during World War II.
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Nazi forces invade and capture Poland for German rule. Later annexed between Germany and the Soviet Union.
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Spiegelman is drafted into service to fight on the Polish front. Exact date is unclear. Taken as a prisoner of war for several months. Returning home after sneaking through Polish lines.
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German forces push forward to capture both Denmark and Norway for Nazi control.
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Exact date unknown. Wiesel and his family are transported to one two ghettos is Sighet before being sent to labor camps.
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Information available here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_France
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Soviet forces fight of German advance to invade and capture Moscow.
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Japanese bombers attack Pearl Harbour early on December 7. Single event that pushed the United States into war.
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Japanese forces move in and capture Hong Kong. Resulting in many Brittish, Canadian, and Indian soldiers.
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Major Naval battle between U.S. naval ships and the Empire of Japan. Was first time aircraft carriers were used in combat.
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U.S. fleets attack Japanese naval fleets in first major allied victory.
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First major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan.
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Decisive battle between Axis Powers and the Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad.
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Battle between U.S. forces and Japanese amphibious forces. Result was decisive U.S. victory.
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Taken from his home in Sighet, Wiesel spends over a year in a Nazi concentration camp beside his father. Given the number "A-7713", and forced into work until near death.
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Allied forces storm the beaches of Normandy to establsih Allied control in France.
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Battle between Allied forces and Empire of Japan of Air Base on Peleliu island. Result was decisive Allied Victory.
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Major German offensive launched through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium, and France and Luxembourg
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Only weeks before liberation, Wiesel's father is beaten by Nazi guards and by other inmates until he died from his injuries, Chlomo Wiesel was also suffering from dysentary, starvation, and exhaustion.
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The first nuclear bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, prompting the end of the war in the Pacific Front.
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U.S. launched attack to capture the island of Iwo JIma from Japanese forces.
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Battle for control of Okinawa, only a few hundred miles off of the coast of the Japanese mainland. Result was Allied victory leading to formation of Nuclear Bomb.
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Wiesel and other are libereated by U.S. troops from Nazi camps by U.S. forces. Wiesel being the only survivor of his family.
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Just before capture by the Red Army in 1945, Adolf Hitler takes his own life instead of being captured by Soviet Forces.
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Japanese representatives aboard the USS Missouri mark the end of the war in the Pacific front and Japanese surrender.
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Elie Wiesel recalls his acount of labor camps as a 16 year old child. Book is the first in a three part series telling of his physical and emotional struggle with his ordeal.
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After years of suffering from PTSD, Anja commits suicide years after surviving the Holocaust.
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Information available here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel
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Art Spiegelman writes the story of his fathers endevours during the Holocasut at Auschwitz.
