TIMELINE : 1928--born in Sighet, Romania 1944--deported to Auschwitz Apr.1945--liberated from concentration camp 1948--moved to Paris to study.

TIMELINE : 1928--born in Sighet, Romania 1944--deported to Auschwitz Apr.1945--liberated from

concentration camp 1948--moved to Paris to study at the

Sorbonne 1948--work in journalism begins 1954--

decides to write about the Holocaust

1958--Night is published 1963--receives U.S. citizenship 1964--returned to Sighet 1965--first trip to Russia 1966--publishes Jews of Silence 1969--married Marion Rose 1972--son is born

1978--appointed chair of Presidential Commission on the Holocaust

1980--Commission renamed U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council

1985--awarded Congressional Gold Medal of Achievement

1986--awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1995--publishes memoirs