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The story of a Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel’s Night The story of a Holocaust survivor

Raised in the village of Sighet, Hungary Jewish faith Jewish ethnicity Elie Wiesel Raised in the village of Sighet, Hungary Jewish faith Jewish ethnicity Deported in 1944, to the Auschwitz concentration camp Rescued in 1945 from the Buchenwalk concentration camp 1928 - ??

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March: Concentration camps Dachau and Buchenwald are opened The Beginning: 1933 January: Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany (Jewish population of 556,000) March: Concentration camps Dachau and Buchenwald are opened

Defined Judaism as a race Removed Jewish citizenship The Nuremburg Laws of 1935 The Nuremburg Laws: Defined Judaism as a race Removed Jewish citizenship Outlawed intermarrying with “Aryan races” Required Jews to carry identification cards

March 1938: German troops “peacefully” occupy Austria The Makings of War March 1938: German troops “peacefully” occupy Austria November 1938: Kristallnacht: The Night of Broken Glass

September 1939: Germany invades Poland – WWII starts World War II September 1939: Germany invades Poland – WWII starts November 1939: Polish Jews required to wear the yellow Star of David June 1940: Germany occupies Paris

“The Final Solution” July 1941: “The Final Solution” begins over the next 4 years 6 million Jews will be murdered

1944 Elie Wiesel and his Family are deported to Auschwitz

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Allied Soldiers Liberated Elie Wiesel On April 11, 1945

Lived in France with his two surviving sisters After His Rescue Lived in France with his two surviving sisters Worked as a French journalist Would not speak about his Holocaust experiences for 10 years Night first appeared in 1956 – much longer and written in Yiddish Won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986

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“But if I would show the good that came of it Why? “But if I would show the good that came of it I must talk of things other than good.” OR “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” ~Dante’s Inferno