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“Hitler won’t be able to do us any harm…”

“Hitler won’t be able to do us any harm…”. “The Germans won’t get as far as this.”. “The yellow star? Oh well, what of it? You don’t die of it…”.

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“Hitler won’t be able to do us any harm…”

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  1. “Hitler won’t be able to do us any harm…” “The Germans won’t get as far as this.” “The yellow star? Oh well, what of it? You don’t die of it…”

  2. Wiesel was fifteen years old when he and his family were deported in May 1944 by the German SS and Hungarian police from his home in Sighet to Auschwitz. His mother and younger sister perished; he and his two older sisters survived. Wiesel was liberated from Buchenwald in April 1945. Camps: Buna, Birkenau, Auschwitz, Buchenwald

  3. Night is Elie Wiesel’s account of his life as a teenager in Nazi concentration camps. His memoir addresses these themes: • attitudes about prejudice, racism, and stereotyping • individual responsibility toward oppression and abuse of power • respect for all people

  4. NIGHT Summer Reading for Rising Sophomores Wren High School by Elie Wiesel US Holocaust Memorial Museum site; Elie Wiesel Timeline and World Eventshttp://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10007200 US Holocaust Memorial Museum site; Nazi ghettos http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005059

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