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Discovering Elie Wiesel

By: Devante Downs, Gabby Atherley , Yosan Michael, and Chad Wyman. Discovering Elie Wiesel. B efore the Holocaust. “…at night I ran to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the Temple.” Shows us his depth of his belief in God & faith. Wanted to Learn.

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Discovering Elie Wiesel

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  1. By: Devante Downs, Gabby Atherley, Yosan Michael, and Chad Wyman Discovering Elie Wiesel

  2. Before the Holocaust • “…at night I ran to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the Temple.” • Shows us his depth of his belief in God & faith

  3. Wanted to Learn • “Find me a master to guide me in the studies of the cabbala.” • Curious about his religion

  4. Into the Holocaust • “Belt and shoes in hand, Ilet myself be dragged off to the barbers“ • Losing resistance

  5. Life in the Camps • Chosen to live or die • Abused again and again

  6. Camp Conditions • “… steaming hot soup had been left, half full… a feast for kings…” • Starved

  7. All Hope is Gone • “We were all going to die here. All limits had been passed. No one had any strength left. And again the night would be long.”

  8. Millions Dead

  9. Goodbye Faith • “Where is he? Here he is—He is hanging here on this gallows ….” • God is dead

  10. Emotionless Beings Created by Holocaust • “After my father's death, nothing could touch me anymore” • Morale running low, Elie close to death • Nothing left

  11. Life After the Camps • “From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes…has never left me” • Revolves around purpose of writing

  12. Through The Story • Elie characterized as Jewish child • Goes teenage years in Concentration camps • Loses faith in God • As other characters lose their strong holds in story they die. (Stein of Antwerp and Family) • Elie saved by Russians after Father died

  13. The Purpose • Explains how horrible it was for victims and to show it really did happen • “[Wiesel] knew [he] had to testify about [his] past but did not know how to go about it.” • To “testify” to the readers

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