Post on 20-Jan-2016
Elie Wiesel
Night
Consider the word ‘night,’ which Elie Wiesel has used as the title of the memoir we are about to read.What are the first ten adjectives that come to mind when you think of ‘night’?
List the adjectives
Consider the word ‘night,’ which Elie Wiesel has used as the title of the memoir we are about to read.What are the first ten nouns that come to mind when you think of ‘night’?
List the nouns
Where in the World?
Where in the World?
In 1933, approximately 9.5 million Jews lived in Europe comprising 1.7% of the
total European population.
Europe 1933
Non-Jew-ish Eu-ropeJewish in Europe
9.5 million
World Jewish popu-lation 1933
Jewish in Rest of WorldPercentage of Jewish population in Europe
This number represented more than 60% of the worlds’ Jewish population at that time, estimated at
about 15.3 million.
9.5 million
Democratic ideals and values are not automatically sustained but need to be appreciated, nurtured, and protected.
Silence and indifference to the suffering of others, or to the
infringement of civil rights in any society, can perpetuate problems.