Elie Wiesel's community did not believe, either due to their geographical isolation or choice, that the Jewish community were being discriminated against or being sent to concentration camps to die. Why do you think the Jewish community or other people living during that time might have had a hard time realizing what was happening?
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This novel deals with the historical event of the Holocaust. One of the reactions to this event was a promise that the world would never allow such events, including the mass extermination of a group of people, to happen again. Think about other major events in history. Has there been one or more historical events which you could think of in which large numbers of people were killed and persecuted? Welcome back to the blog! As I write this on the night before the book blog for historical memoir Night will begin I can’t wait to get started with this blog. The book blog starts on April 8th. Elie Wiesel was born in 1928 in Sighet, which is located in what is now known as Romania. He was 15 years old and had lived a scholarly life of learning when he and his family were transported to the Auschwitz concentration camp. His mother and younger sister perished immediately upon arrival. He and his two older sisters survived. |
Join a 10-12th grade World history class in Michigan as they read the historical memoir Night and ask themselves could such an event happen again? Or has it already? Archives |