1. Elie Wiesel: Night

2. Interview with Elie about his father

3. Elie’s background… TIMELINE : 1928--born in Sighet, Romania
1944--deported to Auschwitz
Apr liberated from concentration camp
1948--moved to Paris to study at the Sorbonne
1948--work in journalism begins decides to write about the Holocaust

4. Elie’s background (cont.)…
1958--Night is published
1963--receives U.S. citizenship
1964--returned to Sighet
1965--first trip to Russia
1966--publishes Jews of Silence
1969--married Marion Rose
1972--son is born

5. Elie’s background (cont.)…
1978--appointed chair of Presidential Commission on the Holocaust
1980--Commission renamed U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council
1985--awarded Congressional Gold Medal of Achievement
1986--awarded Nobel Peace Prize
1995--publishes memoirs

6. Buchenwald: Roll Call

7. Buchenwald:

8. Buchenwald: Wedding Rings

9. Buchenwald: The Furnace

10. Buchenwald: Torture Chair

11. Buchenwald: Burial Site

12. Buchenwald: Liberation Celebration

13. Buchenwald: Children

14. The Clandestine Block 66

15. Holocaust Museum—Washington

16. Holocaust Museum—Washington

17. Holocaust Museum

18. Holocaust Museum—Washington

19. Holocaust Museum—Washington

20. Holocaust Museum—Washington