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Night

Night. By Elie Wiesel. Setting. Hungary, Poland, Germany Sighet , Transylvania 1941-45. Holocaust. Literally means “ great fire ” Systematic extermination of Jewish people in Europe during the years that Adolf Hitler and the Nazis were in power in Germany. Adolf Hitler.

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Night

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  1. Night By Elie Wiesel

  2. Setting • Hungary, Poland, Germany • Sighet, Transylvania • 1941-45

  3. Holocaust • Literally means “great fire” • Systematic extermination of Jewish people in Europe during the years that Adolf Hitler and the Nazis were in power in Germany

  4. Adolf Hitler • Hitler always had a hatred of Jews • Came to power during a time of high unemployment and economic chaos

  5. Adolf Hitler • Used Jews as a scape goat for Germany’s problems • Planned to build a pure and superior German “master race”—Anti-Semitism

  6. Adolf Hitler • Craving for power • Began invading European countries in 1939 • Put into action his “Final Solution”-extermination of all Jews

  7. Setting • Auschwitz-Birkenau • Buna • Gleiwitz • Buchenwald

  8. Author • Elie Wiesel • Jewish ancestry • Concentration camp survivor • Nobel Peace Prize winner

  9. Author • Elie Wiesel – a writer • Five Novels • 3 major plays: Zalmon, The Madness of God, and The Trials of God • Numerous other works

  10. Night • Subjective – recounts the concentration camps from a personal perspective • Focus on Wiesel’s memories as a 15 year old boy • Facts and feelings are combined • “Autobiographical Novel”

  11. Night as a translation • Written in Hebrew in 1954 • 1958 shortened from 800 pages to 178 pages; translated to French • 1960 translated to English, shortened to 116 pages • 2006 Marion Wiesel completed a new English translation

  12. Night Issues and Themes • Cruelty of man – how much evil are humans capable of? • Indifference of God – why doesn’t an all-powerful God prevent evil and pain?

  13. Vocabulary • Rosh Hashanah – • Jewish New Year’s Day • Observed in the months of either September or October (depending on the year)

  14. Yom Kippur • “Day of Atonement” • Religious festival celebrating Yahweh’s forgiveness for sins • September-October

  15. Passover – • Holiday celebrating the Jews’ liberation from Egypt • March-April

  16. Pentecost • 50 days after Passover

  17. Torah • The first five books of the Old Testament (the Hebrew Bible) • Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

  18. Talmud • Writings of famous Rabbis on religious subjects

  19. Cabbala/Kabbala • Mystical, secret knowledge of the Torah and Talmud • Teaching that the Torah has secret or hidden messages

  20. Zion • Jerusalem • A Zionist is a person who desires to travel and live in Jerusalem

  21. Synagogue • A Jewish place of worship

  22. Kaddish • Hebrew Death Prayer • Similar to the Last Rites of Catholicism

  23. Gestapo • Nazi internal security police • Kapo • Foreman of an individual hut • Kommandant • Commanding officer of a concentration camp • Lageralteste • Concentration camp chief

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