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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.