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By Nick Tate. Night By: Elie Wiesel. Sight-Home. “ The Jews of Budapest live in an atmosphere of fear and terror” “ sleep peacefully, children” “Two ghettos were created in Sighet .”. Ghettos and Train ride. “80 persons per cattle wagon” “All we had is was a bucket of water for 80 people”
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By Nick Tate NightBy: Elie Wiesel
Sight-Home • “ The Jews of Budapest live in an atmosphere of fear and terror” • “ sleep peacefully, children” • “Two ghettos were created in Sighet.”
Ghettos and Train ride • “80 persons per cattle wagon” • “All we had is was a bucket of water for 80 people” • “Someone was screaming fire everywhere all through out the night.”
Birkenau • “Men to the right and women to the left” • “I never thought this was the last time I would see my mother, sister, and grandmother” • “I was getting closer to the open pit, should I kill myself on the wire”
Auschwitz • “When we arrived in Auschwitz we could smell burning flesh.” • “The beloved objects that we had carried with us from place to place, were gone.” • “You are in a concentration camp. In Auschwitz….”
Buna • “ I became A-7713” From then on. • “ Me, I’m not hungry” • “The iron gates closed behind us.”
March to Gleiwitz and camp stay • “ Left, right, Left, right” • “ I’m afraid they might be crushing my violin” “I like to give charity.”
Train ride to Buchenwald/camp life liberation by American forces. • “An old man manages to grab a piece, but Eliezer watches as he is attacked and beaten to death by his own son.” • “On April 5, with the American army approaching, the Nazis decide to annihilate all the Jews left in the camp. Daily, thousands of Jews are murdered.” • “On April 11, the American army arrives at Buchenwald. Now free, the prisoners think only of feeding themselves.”