NightNightNightNightBy Elie Wiesel By Elie Wiesel

Elie WieselElie Wiesel

Born September 30, 1928Sighet, Transylvania

Orthodox Jewish family

“shtetl”

Born September 30, 1928Sighet, Transylvania

Orthodox Jewish family

“shtetl”

Wiesel, cont.Wiesel, cont. Extremely religious

Unusual for a boy his age Father: Shlomo

Endures the camps with Elie Sister: Tzipora

Young, dies upon arrival in Auschwitz Mother: Sarah

Killed with Tzipora Sighet: isolated & unaware of the

extent of the atrocities Over 15,000 Jewish families prior to

1944, less than 50 after.

Extremely religious Unusual for a boy his age

Father: Shlomo Endures the camps with Elie

Sister: Tzipora Young, dies upon arrival in Auschwitz

Mother: Sarah Killed with Tzipora

Sighet: isolated & unaware of the extent of the atrocities Over 15,000 Jewish families prior to

1944, less than 50 after.

Hitler & Anti-SemitismHitler & Anti-Semitism

Jews blamed for economic depression in Germany Sound familiar?

Superiority of “aryan” race Anti-Semitic laws

“Nuremburg” laws Designed to dehumanize Jews &

subject them to violence & prejudice

Homosexuals Intellectuals Disabled: both physically &

mentally

Jews blamed for economic depression in Germany Sound familiar?

Superiority of “aryan” race Anti-Semitic laws

“Nuremburg” laws Designed to dehumanize Jews &

subject them to violence & prejudice

Homosexuals Intellectuals Disabled: both physically &

mentally““Germans! Defend yourselves! Don’t buy in Germans! Defend yourselves! Don’t buy in

Jewish shops!”Jewish shops!”

AuschwitzAuschwitz

Deadliest of all death camps1,300,000 murdered Jews

Deadliest of all death camps1,300,000 murdered Jews

Concentration Camps

Concentration Camps

Varying ‘purposes’ Death/Extermination

Auschwitz

LaborBuna, Buchenwald

Varying ‘purposes’ Death/Extermination

Auschwitz

LaborBuna, Buchenwald

“Un di Velt Hot Geshvign”“Un di Velt Hot Geshvign”

Yiddish: “And the World Remained Silent” Original title of 800 page memoir Condensed & translated into French, La

Nuit Published as Night in 1960

10 year vow of silence “The opposite of love is not hate, but

indifference.” Continues to teach & write Active speaker/lecturer

Yiddish: “And the World Remained Silent” Original title of 800 page memoir Condensed & translated into French, La

Nuit Published as Night in 1960

10 year vow of silence “The opposite of love is not hate, but

indifference.” Continues to teach & write Active speaker/lecturer