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Remembering Genocide: Exploring the Inhumanity and Humanity of the Holocaust in Elie Wiesel's Night

This article delves into the central event of the Holocaust, exploring its impact and significance in people's lives. It examines Elie Wiesel's novel Night and how it portrays the inhumanity and humanity associated with the Holocaust. The article also raises essential questions on remembering past genocides, the social responsibility to prevent future crimes against humanity, and the societal impact of human conflict.

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Remembering Genocide: Exploring the Inhumanity and Humanity of the Holocaust in Elie Wiesel's Night

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  1. Genocide Holocaust Crimes against humanity Civ & Lit - Miller/Hinrichs

  2. Night By Elie Wiesel “The Holocaust is a central event in many people’s lives, but it has also become a metaphor for our century. There cannot be an end to speaking and writing about it.” -Aharon Appelfeld Civ & Lit - Miller/Hinrichs

  3. * Genocide Geno- cide Geno – from the Greek word genos, which means birth, race, of a similar kind -Cide – from the French word cida, which means to cut, kill Civ & Lit - Miller/Hinrichs

  4. Essential questions… • How should we remember past genocides or crimes against humanity? Why should we? • How does human conflict at all levels impact society and the people in it? • What social responsibility do we have to prevent future crimes against humanity? • How does Elie Wiesel convey the inhumanity and humanity associated with the Holocaust in the novel Night? Civ & Lit - Miller/Hinrichs

  5. How does Elie Wiesel convey the inhumanity and humanity associated with the Holocaust in the novel Night? With a partner, come up with a definition for each of these terms. Be ready to share Inhumanity – Humanity – Civ & Lit - Miller/Hinrichs

  6. Elie Wiesel’s Night… The novel begins in Sighet, Transylvania. During the early years of World War II, Sighet remained relatively unaffected by the war. The Jews in Sighet believed that they would be safe from the persecution that Jews in Germany and Poland suffered. Civ & Lit - Miller/Hinrichs

  7. Civ & Lit - Miller/Hinrichs

  8. In 1944, however, Elie and all the other Jews in town were rounded up in cattle cars and deported to concentration camps in Poland.He was 14. Night continued… Civ & Lit - Miller/Hinrichs

  9. Night continued… After surviving the Nazi concentration camps, Wiesel vowed never to write about his horrific experiences. He eventually changed his mind and wrote Night in 1955. Wiesel won the Nobel Prize in 1986 Civ & Lit - Miller/Hinrichs

  10. Symbols:* Night (literally)* Snow* Certain minor characters are symbols* “Cage” symbols How Elie creates his diction (language/ word choice): * Figurative language* Intense descriptionThemes and Motifs (these are themes that are tangible/ visible/ and repeat)* night versus day* snow/ nature/ seasons * Dehumanization* Denial * Greed * Making difficult choices - internal conflicts * Death- literal and figurative * Religion and religious symbols- There are tons!! What to look for when reading- Consider these for your dialectical journals!: Roll call in Buchenwald, February 1941

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