Night

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Night
"Never shall I forget that night, the first night
in the camp, which has turned my life into one
long night, seven times cursed and seven times
sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never
shall I forget the little faces of the children,
whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke
beneath a silent blue sky. Never shall I forget
those flames which consumed my faith
foreverNever shall I forget these things, even
if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself.
Never." "Night "
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Elie Wiesel
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About the Author, Elie Wiesel

• Eliezer to his family
• Grew up in Sighet, Transylvania (Romania)
• Only son of shopkeeper parents
• 3rd of 4 children
• At 15, taken to Auschwitz. Parted forever from
  his mother and younger sister, to whom Night is
  dedicated

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About the Author, Elie Wiesel

• After Auschwitz, Wiesel and his father were taken
  to Buna, then Buchenwald, where his father died.
• After camps were liberated, Wiesel studied at the
  University of Paris and worked as a newspaper
  reporter.
• He became a U.S. citizen in 1963 and Professor of
  Humanities at Boston University in 1976.

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About the Author, Elie Wiesel

• From 1980-86, he was Chairman of the Presidents
  Commission on the Holocaust.
• He received the Congressional Medal of Honor in
  1985.
• He won the Nobel Peace Prize for human rights in
  1986, an two years later established the Elie
  Wiesel Foundation for Humanity.
• He has written 40 books.
• Wiesel lives in New York City with his wife,
  Marion.

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About Night

• A terrifying memoir of the authors experiences
  as a 15-year-old Jewish boy.
• Night is considered by many critics to be the
  most influential piece of Holocaust literature.
• Published in 1960, it was one of the first books
  to focus worldwide attention on the question of
  how and why this terrible genocide was allowed to
  happen.

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Pre-reading ActivityThink about this

• Directions Rate each of the following
  statements before you read this novel.
• (1 agree strongly6 strongly disagree)
• You should do what youre told.
• Its better not to stick out.
• Whats past is past.
• The Holocaust could happen again.

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And this

• There is no such thing as evil people just make
  mistakes.
• You need to look out for yourself first.
• You should never lose faith.
• Parents and children shouldnt keep secrets from
  one another.
• If someone hurts you, you should turn the other
  cheek.

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And this, too!

• People are amazingly resilient.
• Reports of Holocaust atrocities are exaggerated.
• It is harder to make independent choices when you
  belong to a group.
• No one can force you to conform.
• People will always find a scapegoat.
• Victims often make targets of themselves.

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Directions Freewrite (without stopping or
correcting) using the following sentence
starters. Choose one starter and write ½ page in
journal.

• Mans inhumanity to man
• Anti-Semitism today
• A living nightmare.
• Feeling that you and your body are disconnected
• A son owes it to his father
• Loyalty becomes fanaticism when

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Night the movie.