Night: Elie Wiesel's Memoir of the Holocaust, Slides of Humanities

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Night

A memoir by Elie

Wiesel

Memoir

n Night is a memoir, which is a specific kind

of autobiography.

n Elie Wiesel wrote this first hand account of

his life as a fifteen year old during the

Holocaust.

n In 1980, he became the Founding Chairman

of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.

n He and his wife founded the Elie Wiesel

Foundation for Humanity, which fights

indifference, intolerance, and injustice.

n He has received more than 100 honorary

degrees from institutions of higher learning.

n He was a Professor in Humanities at Boston

University until his death.

n He has written more than 60 books and has

won numerous awards for his works

n Died in July 2016

Awards

n Presidential Medal of Freedom

n U.S. Congressional Gold Medal

n National Humanities Medal

n Medal of Liberty

n Rank of Grand-Croix in the French Legion

of Honor

n 1986 Nobel Peace Prize winner

Ideas that relate to themes in

Night

n Death

n Faith

n Hatred

n Survival

n Perseverance

n Loss of innocence

Motifs in Night

n Eyes

n Night

Make sure to take note of these ideas and

motifs as you read- use sticky notes or write

down page numbers.

n Condensed NIGHT.ppt

Oprah and Elie Wiesel

Read the Interview Here

Birkenau-Auschwitz

The entrance gate to Auschwitz I bears the German words, Arbeit Macht Frei. “‘Work makes you free,’” Professor Wiesel translates. “And that is the first ironic statement ever made here.” (Oprah.com)

The Nazis went to sinister lengths to profit from the extermination of millions, and no possible resource was wasted. Human hair shorn from victims' scalps was gathered and sold to German factories to make cloth. At the time of the camp's liberation in January 1945, seven tons of hair were discovered ready to be transported for sale. In Block 4, mounds of human hair are preserved behind a glass case more than 67 feet long. (Oprah.com)

A case filled with empty Zyklon B cans is a haunting reminder of the poisonous gas used by the Nazis for killing prisoners on a massive scale. "When the gas chambers were full, an SS man put on the gas mask, went to the roof, opened the little window there and threw such a can into the gas chamber," Professor Wiesel explains. "Unspeakable pain and horror—that's how they were killed. Mothers and children hugging. … The death factory became industrialized and industry worked well.“ (Oprah.com)