HOL O CAUST IPA: /hlkst/ pronounced [holuhkawst, hohluh] noun - PDF document

Study presentation.notebook March 13, 2017 Night HOL O CAUST IPA: /hɑlәkɒst/ pronounced [hol­uh­kawst, hoh­luh­] noun 1. a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire 2. a sacrifice completely consumed by fire; burnt offering. 3. (usually initial capital letter) the systematic mass slaughtering of European Jews in Nazi concentration camps during World War II (usually preceded by 'the') 4. any mass slaughter or reckless destruction of life oct. 27­09:45 1

Study presentation.notebook March 13, 2017 Night - Day 1, 2, 3 Topics for research Day 1 In groups of two, students must choose one of the following topics: • Elie Wiesel's biography • Nazi party • Causes of World War 2 • Concentration camps “Who? What? Where?” • Jewish traditions and customs • Jewish life in the ghettos • Treatment of men in the concentration camps • Treatment of women in the concentration camps • Treatment of children in the concentration camps • of World War 2 Time line “When were the Jews of their residence to the liberation from the taken out concentration camps? How long did they stay there?” • Nazi anti­jewish policies • Genocides in history Students must fill in sign­up sheet Day 2 & 3 1. Reserve the computers for the students to research their topic. 2. Students must prepare a Powerpoint presentation (to be presented on day 4). oct. 27­15:45 2

Study presentation.notebook March 13, 2017 Night - day 4 View student presentations Night - day 5 Present and discuss study options Study procedure (day on/day off) Breakdown: part one: preface/forword part two: pp. 3­22 part three: pp. 23­46 part four: pp. 47­65 part five: pp. 66­84 part six: pp. 85­103 part seven: pp. 104­120(end) nov. 3­14:36 3

Study presentation.notebook March 13, 2017 Night - Day 6 1. Show the students the video clip of the effects of the German Nazis. US Holocaust Memorial Museum <http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/media_nm.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143&MediaId=3372> 2. Show the students the video clip of the life of the prisoners in the concentration camps. (When book is finished.) Clip about “Night” <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxZ9U8NHIWo&feature=related> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU6HoDP0YJE> 3. Have the students express their thoughts after watching the clips. 4. The numbers behind the war (video) oct. 27­15:46 4

Study presentation.notebook March 13, 2017 Night - Day 7 Reading of preface and foreward Preface • Why write this book? • The Einsatzgruppen (Final Solution) + special units • A historical fact about Jews. • Families and infants mistreated. • Language ­ words, translation (first), why a new translation? • Books have a destiny ( xiv) • Few copies were sold • The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Holocaust Memorial Museum Forword → Discuss Mauriac's implication in this book more on Mauriac and foreword oct. 27­15:48 5

Study presentation.notebook March 13, 2017 Night - Day 9 part two: pp. 3­22 The Powerless “What I want, what I’ve hoped for all my life, is that my past should not become your children’s future.” Elie’s life as a Jew • Moishe the Beadle being sent away and returns to warn the people • Jews’ refusal to believe the depth of Nazi evil p. 6, 8, 10 ­ his father is unwilling to leave Sighet behind ­ reminder that the cost of ignoring witnesses to evil is a recurrence of that evil p.10 ­ the progression, leading to the ghettos special meeting of Council p. 19 hate • Mariah p.22 the cattle cars viewing of documentary Paperclips (2004) oct. 28­10:12 6

Study presentation.notebook March 13, 2017 Night - Day 12 Night chronicles Eliezer’s loss of innocence, his confrontation with evil, and his questioning of God’s existence part three: pp. 23­46 ­ the journey by cattle car ( shot x2) roughly 10 hours by ­ Mrs. Schächter fire (dismissed like Moishe) car * dehumanization (p.26) ­ arrival at Auschwitz...then Birkenau ( creatures p.28) ­ the seperation ­ lying about age (left = live) ­ ditch (p. 32) ­ anger towards God ­ the first night ( never shall I ... ) ­ procedure upon arrival ­ Kapos ­ the child I was (p.37) ­ the choice (p. 39) ­ what had happened to me (p.39) four hour walk ­ the inscription (p.40) ­ Block 17 ­ A­7713 ­ Stein ­ three weeks later Buna 7

Study presentation.notebook March 13, 2017 Night - day 13 part four: pp. 47­ 65 Wiesel wants to make the point that his own survival is a result of luck and coincidence. ­ Buna is a very good camp (p.47) ­ traffic of children Prisoner functionary ­ gold teeth ­ process of selection to blocks ­ work at warehouse of electrical materials * Idek luck (p.50) * French woman + flashback * Franek ­ novel experience (p.56) • ALERT ­ soup ­ black gallows ­ pipel...again, questions God oct. 31­09:53 8

Study presentation.notebook March 13, 2017 Night - day 14 part five: pp.66 ­ 84 Hebrew calender vs Gregorian calender ­ eve of Rosh Hashanah...defiance ­ shift in beliefs ­ Yom Kippur Jewish holidays ­ beautiful present for the new year (p. 69) ­ advice ­ first selection January 1944 ­ we can...we want (p. 74) ­ inheritance ­ a miracle? ­ Polish rabbi's realization (p.76) ­ we promised....we forgot (p.77) ­ infirmary ­ rumors ­ faith in Hitler (p.81) ­ evacuation ­ the decision...regret...fate ­ the last night (p.83) ­ the procession oct. 31­09:53 9

Study presentation.notebook March 13, 2017 Night - day 16 Testing the father­son relationship part six: pp. 85 ­ 103 ­ run! (a good idea) trip: roughly 680 km ­ two bodies * Zalman ­ idea of dying: defeated ­ distance ­ brick factory...sleep ­ no advice... (p. 90) * Rabbi Eliahu ­ a prayer (p.91) ­ Gleiwitz ­ survival of self * Juliek ­ three days later....next move...selection ­ train ­ 'gravediggers' ­ father ­ charity (p.100) * Meir Katz ­ cries ­ Buchenwald...selection 10

Study presentation.notebook March 13, 2017 Night - day 18 part seven: pp. 104 ­ 120 Dysentery (formerly known as flux or the bloody flux) is an inflammatory disorder of the ­ leave me....I can't...have pity (p. 105) intestine, especially of the colon, that results in severe diarrhea containing mucus and/or blood in the faeces with fever and abdominal pain. If left untreated, dysentery can be fatal. ­ alert ­ shame Dysentery results from viral, bacterial, or protozoan infections or parasitic infestations. These pathogens typically reach the large intestine after entering orally, through ingestion ­ failing the test of contaminated food or water, oral contact with contaminated objects or hands, and so on. ­ DYSENTERY Exposed individuals may experience either mild, severe, or even no symptoms at all. In extreme cases dysentery patients may pass over a litre of fluid an hour. More often, ­ doctors individuals will complain of nausea, abdominal pain, and frequent watery and usually foul­ smelling diarrhea accompanied by mucus and blood, rectal pain, and fever. Vomiting, rapid ­ one more reason to hate (p. 109) weight loss, and generalized muscle aches sometimes also accompany dysentery. In rare ­ one week occasions, the amebic parasite will invade the body through the bloodstream and spread beyond the intestines. In such cases, it may more seriously infect other organs such as the ­ January 28­29, 1945 brain, lungs, and the liver. ­ April 5, 1945: Buchenwald to be liquidated Source: wikipedia ­ resistance + American tanks ­ free men, no revenge ­ mirror ­ The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me (p. 115) Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech December 10, 1986 oct. 31­09:53 11

Study presentation.notebook March 13, 2017 Interview Elie Wiesel and Oprah Winfrey Auschwitz, orginially aired May 24, 2006 déc. 1­08:57 12

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