1. “When you listen to a witness, you become a witness.” -Elie Wiesel
First They Came
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade
unionists
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
-Pastor Martin Niemoller
“When you listen to a witness, you become a witness.” -Elie Wiesel

2. Liberation Footage Liberation of Buchenwald
Both of the videos we are watching today contain disturbing images of
concentration camp victims.
Liberation Footage
Post viewing response:
What did you feel as you watched this footage?
Do you think viewing this material is important? Why/why not?
Relate this footage, and your experience viewing it, to Wiesel’s ideas
about bearing witness or silence.

3. What does this image tell you?
Civilians Tour Buchenwald
Civilian Tour
Video Response:
Why were these people forced to see the camp?
How does this connect to the idea of acting as a witness?
Are they in any way responsible for what happened in the camp? Why/why not?
These German soldiers just watched the video of civilians touring Buchenwald.
What does this image tell you?

4. responsibility that you didn’t have before?
What does it mean to be a witness? What is the importance of acting as a witness?
How has reading Night made you a witness? Having read this text, do you have a
responsibility that you didn’t have before?
Why/why not? What is the responsibility?
“When you listen to a witness, you become a witness.” -Elie Wiesel