night by eli wiesel

Night

By Eli Wiesel

Eli Wiesel• Born in 1928 in Sighet, Transylvania (now Romania)

• Two older sisters; one younger

• Deported to Auschwitz in 1944 (15 years old)

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Eli Wiesel• Survives camp and moves to France

• Moves to New York in 1955

• Writes his WWII autobiography in 1960

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Eli Wiesel• Wins Congressional Medal of Honor in 1985

• Wins Nobel Peace Prize in 1986

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THEMES

THEMES• Silence

• Darkness (Supposed Absence of God)

MOTIFS

MOTIFS• Tradition

• Faith (or lack thereof)

• Survival

VOCAB

VOCAB• CABBALA –

Jewish mysticism (includes numerology)

VOCAB• GHETTO – confinement to a particular area of a city

VOCAB• GESTAPO – German Secret State Police

VOCAB• KAPO – concentration camp prisoners made to oversee other prisoners

VOCAB• S.S (“Schutz-Staffel”)

Elite Nazi guards; sometimes called Hitler’s bodyguards

Indifference to evil is evil.

-Elie Wiesel

Works Cited“Elie Wiesel Biography.” Elie Wiesel

Foundation for Humanity. 2010.

Web. 30 Nov 2010.