Night: Introduction When you see something that ’ s wrong, do you just stand by? Or do you act to try and stop it?

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Night: Introduction When you see something that ’ s wrong, do you just stand by? Or do you act to try and stop it?

Night Elie Wiesel Indifference to evil is evil. —Elie Wiesel

Night: Introduction Elie Wiesel ’ s memoir Night describes a horrible time in the twentieth century, when too many people looked away from a terrible wrong.

Night: Introduction In 1941, Eliezer was a twelve-year-old boy who lived with his father, mother, and three sisters in a small village near the border of Romania and Hungary.

Night: Introduction Eliezer was a religious boy who welcomed nightfall as a time for prayer and who thought of becoming a rabbi.

Night: Introduction But when Nazis took over Eliezer ’ s Jewish community, his family was first sent to live in a ghetto and then taken to Auschwitz, one of the most infamous concentration camps.

Night: Introduction Inside the camp, Eliezer will witness horrible acts of cruelty and suffer in terrible ways. How will he survive? Can his religious faith endure the atrocities he witnesses? What message does he bring to the world from such horror?

Night: Background In Night, Elie Wiesel shares his story of the Holocaust, the name given to the persecution and murder of millions of Jews and others during World War II. Holocaust comes from a Greek word that means “ a burnt offering. ”

Germany began World War II when it invaded Poland in Night: Background German forces conquered most of Europe in the next two years.

Night: Background Wiesel ’ s story begins in Romania (now Hungary) in 1941 and ends in When Germans took over this area, local Jews were persecuted. They were forced to wear yellow stars and to live in ghettos, and were then sent to concentration camps.

Intolerance Activity Count off by six to form yourgroups Rearrange your seats to be withyour numbers Each group will use the handoutas a guide. Answer ALL 3 questions at the bottom of page 3 in your packet.

Exploring Intolerance In groups you will have one quote toanalyze with 3 questions: ① What is the meaning of this quote? In whatways does this quote connect to bullying? ② What types of things prevent people fromstanding up for someone else or doing whatthey know is right? ③ Are there examples from your own life, orexamples you have witnessed in movies, TVshows, books, or this school, when someonehas not stood up for something or someone?Explain. What could they (or you) have donedifferently?

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