The Holocaust - Night by Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel has written several powerful novels about the Holocaust. The book Night serves as a memoir of Wiesel's time spent in a concentration camp.
The cast of characters...Lord Alford Style-
Eliezer Wiesel - A-7713
Our narrator. At 14, he is taken to concentration camps in Czechoslovakia and Germany. He is very devout in his faith at the time of being taken captive. Throughout the story, he tries to stay with his father.
Chlomo Wiesel - Eliezer's father
Eliezer's father is very respected within his home Jewish community. He is fifty years old and he and Elie try to stay together in the concentration camps.
Moché the Beadle
A poor guy who teaches Elie the cabbala and is the first in Elie's life to witness the horrors of the nazis. Nobody wants to believe him.
Eliezer's mother
Tzipora
Eliezer's seven-year-old sister. Elie is very close to her and he dedicates the book to her.
Bea
Elie's older sister.
Hilda
Elie's oldest sister.
Martha
An old Gentile (non-Jew) servant of the Elie's family. She offers to hide the family in the country, but they decline her offer.
Madame Schachter
Madame Schaechter is in the same train car as Eliezer during the initial deportation to Auschwitz. She loses her mind during the journey and screams hysterically and repeatedly about a flaming furnace that she apparently sees in the distance. She terrifies the other occupants of the train, and she is repeatedly beaten by young men trying to silence her. She is foreshadowing in real life.
Dr. Mengele
The SS officer who decides who is to go to the crematories during selections. Eliezer sees him twice, once upon arrival at Birkenau and again at Buna.
Stein of Antwerp
He is related to the Wiesel family. He wants to hear news about his family and Elie lies to him to make him feel better. This makes us question when is it OK to lie?
Juliek
A fellow prisoner who plays the violin.
Franek
The Polish foreman of the musician's block at Buna. He is the guy in the gold crown incident.
Yossi and Tibi
Brothers who are Elie's friends in the musician's block at Buna.
Alphonse
A German Jew who is head of the musician's block at Buna. He is very kindly and tries to give his charges extra soup whenever he can.
Idek
The mean Kapo of the musician's block at Buna.
Akiba Drumer
A very devout Jew who loses his faith..
Zalman
A young man who had worked with Elie.
Rabbi Eliahou
A rabbi. He is important because of the relationship he has with his son and how it compares to Elie and his father.
Meir Katz
A friend of Eliezer's father who worked in the garden at Buna.
I got a good portion of this from Grade Saver. You can check it out to get a more detailed character summary.
We will be watching Oprah's interview with Elie Wiesel in class. We'll watch a little bit each day-
The Numerberg LawsThe Laws for the Protection of German Blood and German Honour
(5 September 1935) Moved by the understanding that the purity of German blood is essential to the further existence of
the German people, and inspired by the uncompromising determination to safeguard the future of the German nation, the
Reichstag has unanimously resolved upon the following law, which is promulgated herewith:
Section 1
Marriages between Jews and citizens of German or kindred blood are forbidden. Marriages concluded in defiance of this law
are void, even if, for the purpose of evading this law, they were concluded abroad.
Section 2
Extramarital sexual intercourse between Jews and subjects of the state of Germany or related blood is forbidden.
Section 3
Jews will not be permitted to employ female citizens under the age of 45, of German or kindred blood, as domestic workers.
Section 4
Jews are forbidden to display the Reich and national flag or the national colors.
On the other hand they are permitted to display the Jewish colours. The exercise of this right is protected by the State.
Section 5
A person who acts contrary to the prohibition of Section 1 will be punished with hard labour.
A person who acts contrary to the prohibition of Section 2 will be punished with imprisonment or with hard labour.
A person who acts contrary to the provisions of Sections 3 or 4 will be punished with imprisonment up to a year and with a fine,
or with one of these penalties.
Lord Alford made these available to us. Thanks LA.
Eliezer Wiesel - A-7713
Our narrator. At 14, he is taken to concentration camps in Czechoslovakia and Germany. He is very devout in his faith at the time of being taken captive. Throughout the story, he tries to stay with his father.
Chlomo Wiesel - Eliezer's father
Eliezer's father is very respected within his home Jewish community. He is fifty years old and he and Elie try to stay together in the concentration camps.
Moché the Beadle
A poor guy who teaches Elie the cabbala and is the first in Elie's life to witness the horrors of the nazis. Nobody wants to believe him.
Eliezer's mother
Tzipora
Eliezer's seven-year-old sister. Elie is very close to her and he dedicates the book to her.
Bea
Elie's older sister.
Hilda
Elie's oldest sister.
Martha
An old Gentile (non-Jew) servant of the Elie's family. She offers to hide the family in the country, but they decline her offer.
Madame Schachter
Madame Schaechter is in the same train car as Eliezer during the initial deportation to Auschwitz. She loses her mind during the journey and screams hysterically and repeatedly about a flaming furnace that she apparently sees in the distance. She terrifies the other occupants of the train, and she is repeatedly beaten by young men trying to silence her. She is foreshadowing in real life.
Dr. Mengele
The SS officer who decides who is to go to the crematories during selections. Eliezer sees him twice, once upon arrival at Birkenau and again at Buna.
Stein of Antwerp
He is related to the Wiesel family. He wants to hear news about his family and Elie lies to him to make him feel better. This makes us question when is it OK to lie?
Juliek
A fellow prisoner who plays the violin.
Franek
The Polish foreman of the musician's block at Buna. He is the guy in the gold crown incident.
Yossi and Tibi
Brothers who are Elie's friends in the musician's block at Buna.
Alphonse
A German Jew who is head of the musician's block at Buna. He is very kindly and tries to give his charges extra soup whenever he can.
Idek
The mean Kapo of the musician's block at Buna.
Akiba Drumer
A very devout Jew who loses his faith..
Zalman
A young man who had worked with Elie.
Rabbi Eliahou
A rabbi. He is important because of the relationship he has with his son and how it compares to Elie and his father.
Meir Katz
A friend of Eliezer's father who worked in the garden at Buna.
I got a good portion of this from Grade Saver. You can check it out to get a more detailed character summary.
We will be watching Oprah's interview with Elie Wiesel in class. We'll watch a little bit each day-
- Elie Wiesel and Oprah at Auschwitz part 1
- Elie Wiesel and Oprah at Auschwitz part 2
- Elie Wiesel and Oprah at Auschwitz part 3
- Elie Wiesel and Oprah at Auschwitz part 4
- Elie Wiesel and Oprah at Auschwitz part 5
- Elie Wiesel and Oprah at Auschwitz part 6
The Numerberg LawsThe Laws for the Protection of German Blood and German Honour
(5 September 1935) Moved by the understanding that the purity of German blood is essential to the further existence of
the German people, and inspired by the uncompromising determination to safeguard the future of the German nation, the
Reichstag has unanimously resolved upon the following law, which is promulgated herewith:
Section 1
Marriages between Jews and citizens of German or kindred blood are forbidden. Marriages concluded in defiance of this law
are void, even if, for the purpose of evading this law, they were concluded abroad.
Section 2
Extramarital sexual intercourse between Jews and subjects of the state of Germany or related blood is forbidden.
Section 3
Jews will not be permitted to employ female citizens under the age of 45, of German or kindred blood, as domestic workers.
Section 4
Jews are forbidden to display the Reich and national flag or the national colors.
On the other hand they are permitted to display the Jewish colours. The exercise of this right is protected by the State.
Section 5
A person who acts contrary to the prohibition of Section 1 will be punished with hard labour.
A person who acts contrary to the prohibition of Section 2 will be punished with imprisonment or with hard labour.
A person who acts contrary to the provisions of Sections 3 or 4 will be punished with imprisonment up to a year and with a fine,
or with one of these penalties.
Lord Alford made these available to us. Thanks LA.
Here is a video that shows how the NY Times covered up the atrocities of WWII:
The Holocaust Just Got More Shocking - Click this link to read a (current, more informative) NY Times article that shows people could not have been as "clueless" as they claimed. People knew of the travesties against Jews and they ignored it.
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