Night

Elie Wiesel

PART ONE: Gain background knowledge of the Holocaust in order to facilitate understanding of Wiesels Night.

DIRECTIONS: Click here . Choose what you find to be the three most important details of each section and write
those details in your own words below.

Introduction to the It was responsible for the death of six million jews.
Holocaust The jews were deemed a racial threat to the Germans.
They also attacked communists, socialists, homosexuals, and Jehovahs witnesses.

What was the The Germans killed about 2 out of every 3 European Jews.
Holocaust? The jew population stood at over nine million in 1933.
2-3 million soviet prisoners died.

Administration of the The Germans used camps to monitor and concentrate the jewish population.
Final Solution From 1941- 1944, Nazi authorities deported jews from Germany to concentration
camps.
They killed them in specially developed gassin facilities.

The End of the Allied forces against Germany, encountered camp prisoners.
Holocaust The German armed forces surrender on May 7th, 1945.
The last DP camp closed in 1957.

DIRECTIONS: Explore this website in greater detail. Specifically, locate three images, videos, articles, or maps
that interest you. Then, summarize what additional knowledge you have gained.

What I Studied What I learned

Gas Chamber Artifact The airtight metal doors were bolted shut before gas entered the chamber, and the
guards could observe through peepholes in the top of the chamber.

Map of concentration By 1939, 7 large concentration camps had already been established. The first camps
camps were established after Hilter was appointed as chancellor.

Photo of jewish family The family of 6, featured i the photo all died during the holocaust. They died in Poland
in 1940.

PART TWO: Define Critical Vocabulary

TERM DEFINITION USE IN A SENTENCE

Reprieve (n.) A cancellation or Although what the boy did was wrong, his parents thought
postponement of he deserved a reprieve.
punishment

Emaciated (adj.) Normally thin or weak due Since she has gone to prison, shes been abnormally
to illness or lack of food emaciated.

Execute (v.) To carry out a sentence of The King will execute the women accused of witchcraft
death immediately for the safety of his subjects.

Decisive (adj.) Having or showing the He was attracted to her because she was a decisive and
 ability to make decisions demanding women.
quickly

Din (n.) A loud, unpleasant, Many students complained the old school bell was a din, so
prolonged noise they were forced to replace it.