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toc =Ben G. //Night// Assignments=

Assignment 1: Reasons for Writing
Wiesel's Reasons I believe Elie Wiesel had many reasons to write the book “Night”. I believe some of the reasons for him to write the book are that, because of the horrors he went through he feels like he has a duty to write about the holocaust so that it will never happen again. Another reason for writing the book is that he wanted to refrain from going mad. However perhaps he wanted to go mad so he can then see how the Nazi's thought when they committed such horrific crimes. He also wanted to leave behind a legacy for after he passes away. There was the more obvious reason of as a human not being able to keep silent about the crimes he has witnessed and to tell the story of Auschwitz because he shall never forget. Not only those reasons but of course also to inform the reader about his ordeal of struggle as an adolescent.

Assignment 2: Holocaust Web Search
Night Web Search Background Information for the Holocaust Use the following websites for a quick overview of the following terms and people. []


 * Topics to Know || Questions || Answers ||
 * ** Nazi Propaganda ** || Who is Joseph Goebbels?

List three things the Nazis did to ensure that their views were shown/heard in the most persuasive manner possible.

[] || Joseph Goebbels was a crippled propaganda leader for the Nazi party. The Nazi's ensure their views will be shown so that they can always be heard through radio, rallies, and propaganda newspapers. || []
 * ** Kristallnacht/ The Final Solution/ **
 * Wannsee Conference ** || What is Kristallnacht and what does the word mean? When did it happen?

Who attended and what was decided at the Wannsee Conference?

What was the Final Solution?

[] || Kristallnacht is the night in Germany when some extreme members of the Nazi party destroyed Jewish owned stores, community centers and homes. The word translates to “The night of broken glass”. 15 top Nazi officials attended and decided how to execute all of the Jews. The final solution was to make a organized execution of all European Jews. ||
 * ** The Victims ** || Besides the Jewish people, list seven other groups were also targets/victims of the Holocaust?

Briefly tell the fate of each group under Nazi rule.

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CLUE: Begin reading at “Targeted Groups” || Homosexuals, disabled, Poles, Gypsies, Soviet prisoner of war, Afro-Germans, and Jehovahs witnesses. The fate of all of these groups from Nazi's was death in camps. ||
 * ** The Ghettos ** || Describe the three types of ghettos, their purpose, and locations.

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What was life like in the ghettos? [] || Warsaw, Lodz, Lvov were three major ghettos. Their purpose was to confine many Jews into a small place to later easily find them and transport them to camps. All of these are in Poland. Life in these ghettos was awful. There was a huge shortage of living space, food, water, and diseases. || []
 * ** The Camps ** || There were two kinds of camps: labor camps and death/extermination camps. What is the difference between the two?

What were the conditions?

What different types of extermination were performed?

[] || In labor camps Jews were forced to work demanding hours with no pay to make supplies for the German army (bullets, uniforms etc.) In death camps Jews were killed. No work was done by the Jews just execution of them. There was gassing, and shooting. || []
 * ** The Liberation & The Nuremberg Trials ** || Who liberated the camps?

What did Hitler do near the end of the war?

How many defendants were charged during the Nuremberg Trials? What did they represent? []

What did the International Military Tribunal decide was not a legitimate defense? [] || The allied soldiers liberated the camps. At the end of the war Hitler killed himself. 24 defendants were selected. They represented all of the Nazi soldiers. The defense that was not legitimate was that simply that Hitler commanded them to do it. ||

=Assingment 3: Images of Night=

Moshie the Beadle

Moshie the Beadle Innocent, desperate Hating, caring, despairing Timid as a deer and loud as a tiger A dead man Pleading Around the corner insanity is near