eliezer wiesel is a 14 year old jewish boy in 1944
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Jewish boy. Eliezer Wiesel is a 14 year old Jewish boy in 1944. Eliezer Wiesel. parents. He lives with his three(3) sisters and parents. 3 sisters. Sighet, Hungary. He lives in a Jewish community in the small town of Sighet in Hungarian Transylvania. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Eliezer Wiesel is a 14 year old Jewish boy in 1944.
Jewish boyEliezer Wiesel
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He lives with his three(3) sisters and parents.
parents3 sisters
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He lives in a Jewish community in the small town
of Sighet in Hungarian Transylvania.
Sighet, HungarySmall town
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Eliezer likes to learn things so he studies a lot.
Likes to learnEliezer Wiesel
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He studies the TORAHthe first of five(5) books
of the Old Testament.
The TorahEliezer studies
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He also studies the CABBALAA doctrine of Jewish Mysticism.
The CabbalaHe studies
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His teacher is an old, poor, wise man from the village named Moshe the Beadle.
Moshe the BeadleHis old, wise teacher
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One day Moshe got expelled from the town.
Got kicked out of town
Moshe the Beadle
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A few months later, Moshe returned to the town.
Came back to town
Moshe the Beadle
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He told everyone about the bad things that happened to him.
Bad things happenedHe told everyone
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He told them that he was shot in the leg and he escaped.
He escapedShot in the Leg
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He tried to warn everyone that danger was on its way.
About danger He warned people
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Nobody believed that Moshe was telling the truth.
Believed himNobody
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Soon after that, the German troops came into Hungary and took over.
troopsGerman
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All of the Jewish people in Sighet were forced into ghettos.
In GhettosJewish people
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Eliezer’s family was forced into Ghettos.
In GhettosEliezer’s family
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Then, Eliezer’s family and everyone else were herded onto cattle cars on a train.
onto cattle carsEliezer’s family
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The were on the cramped cars for days without much food.
without foodSpent days
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They finally arrived at Birkenau, the gateway to Auschwitz.
Birkenau campThey arrived
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Eliezer and his father were separated from his mother and his sisters and never saw them again.
Never saw mother or sisters again
Eliezer and father
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Eliezer and his father are stripped, shaved, disinfected, and treated very meanly.
Treated meanlyshaved
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They are marched from Birkenau to the main camp, Auschwitz.
Marched to AuschwitzMany people
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Since they are both healthy, the are put to work by the Nazi’s.
Put to workhealthy
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They are taken to Buna, a work camp.
Buna, work camp
Eliezer and father
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Eliezer is put to work in an electrical-fittings factory.
Electrical factoryEliezer works
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All of the Jews in the camps are treated like slaves and beaten.
beatenTreated like slaves
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One of the mean soldiers makes Eliezer give him his gold tooth.
His GOLD toothEliezer gives
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The prisoners are forced to watch their friends and family being hurt by the Nazi’s.
Watch friends getting hurt
The prisoners
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Some of the prisoners become worried about their own survival and do mean things to people in they love.
MeanWorried
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After months in a camp, Eliezer has his foot operated on.
Operated onEliezer’s foot
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The Nazi’s evacuated camp because the Russians were coming.
Russians are coming
Nazi’s evacuate
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In the middle of a snowstorm, the prisoners began a death march.
Prisoners marchSnowstorm
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After running more than 50 miles to a camp, many of the prisoners died from the harsh weather and exhaustion.
Bad weatherPrisoners die
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At Gleiwitz, they were herded into cattle cars once again.
Onto cattle carsPrisoners
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One hundred Jews boarded the cars but only 12 lived.
Jewish peopleOne hundred
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The train went to the concentration camp in Buchenwald.
BuchenwaldCattle car train
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Eliezer’s father dies when they get to Buchenwald.
diedEliezer father
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The American Army finally liberated the camp on April 11, 1945.
Liberated campAmerican Army
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The End