1. Night and the Holocaust

2. Elie Weisel Elizer “Elie” Weisel Born September 30, 1928 Sighet, Transylvania (in Romania) In 1944, sent to labor and death camps until freed in 1945 Studied at the Sorbonne in France 1948-51 Wrote Night and many other books

3. Became a peace activist Taught at Boston University, City University of New York, and Yale Won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 Founded the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity with his wife, Marion Wiesel

4. Vocabulary Ghetto: section of city where Jews were required to live Deportation: the lawful expulsion of people from a place Crematorium: place where bodies are burned Concentration camp: guarded place for imprisoning people

5. More vocabulary Genocide: deliberate and systematic extermination (mass killing) of a national, racial, political, or cultural group – Word created after the Holocaust Anti-Semitism: prejudice or discrimination against Jews

6. German vocab. words Kapo: boss, usually also a prisoner SS (Shutzstaffel): elite Nazi soldiers Blockälteste: block leader (a block was a group of buildings with the people). German soldier or a prisoner

7. Nazi Power in Germany http://www.ushmm.org/learn/introduction- to-the-holocaust/path-to-nazi-genocide Why was Hitler popular for Germans post WWI? How were Jews persecuted? How did other countries react?

8. Dr. Josef Mengele Drafted in German army Worked at Auschwitz starting in 1943 Chief Camp Physician of Auschwitz II (Birkenau) in November 1943 Selected prisoners to work or to go to gas chambers Nicknamed “Angel of Death” or “White Angel”

9. Interested in twins in order to figure out genes vs. environment Did a lot of painful, deadly experiments with twins, mainly children Also studied eye color and a type of gangrene (tissue rot) Trying to prove that Jews and Gypsies were inferior to Aryans

10. Places in Night Sighet: Wiesel’s birthplace Auschwitz: largest concentration camp Birkenau: sub-camp of Auschwitz Buna: sub-camp of Auschwitz Gleiwitz: another concentration camp Buchenwald: another concentration camp

11. Auschwitz photos http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/gallery.php? ModuleId=10005189&MediaType=PH

12. http://www.biography.com/people/elie- wiesel-9530714 http://www.biography.com/people/elie- wiesel-9530714 http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org/ http://www.ushmm.org/learn/introduction- to-the-holocaust/path-to-nazi-genocide http://www.ushmm.org/learn/introduction- to-the-holocaust/path-to-nazi-genocide http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php? ModuleId=10007060