1. Night By Eli Wiesel

2. Eli Wiesel Born in 1928 in Sighet, Transylvania (now Romania)
Two older sisters; one younger
Deported to Auschwitz in 1944 (15 years old)

3. http://www. transylvania. info/gallery2/main. php. g2_view=core

4. Eli Wiesel Survives camp and moves to France Moves to New York in 1955
Writes his WWII autobiography in 1960

5. http://www. transylvania. info/gallery2/main. php. g2_view=core

6. Eli Wiesel Wins Congressional Medal of Honor in 1985
Wins Nobel Peace Prize in 1986

7. http://www. transylvania. info/gallery2/main. php. g2_view=core

8. THEMES

9. THEMES
Silence
Darkness (Supposed Absence of God)

10. MOTIFS

11. MOTIFS
Tradition
Faith (or lack thereof)
Survival

12. VOCAB

13. VOCAB
CABBALA –
Jewish mysticism (includes numerology)

14. VOCAB
GHETTO – confinement to a particular area of a city

15. VOCAB
GESTAPO – German Secret State Police

16. VOCAB
KAPO – concentration camp prisoners made to oversee other prisoners

17. VOCAB Elite Nazi guards; sometimes called Hitler’s bodyguards
S.S (“Schutz-Staffel”)
Elite Nazi guards; sometimes called Hitler’s bodyguards

18. Indifference to evil is evil.
-Elie Wiesel

20. Works Cited “Elie Wiesel Biography.” Elie Wiesel
Foundation for Humanity
Web. 30 Nov 2010.