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toc =Zino O. //Night// Assignments=

Assignment 1: Reasons for Writing
Wiesel’s Reasons In his novel, the author Eliezer Wiesel has many reasons in writing the story //Night// that talk about the author’s Holocaust experiences. Elie Wiesel when he was just 15 was sent to Auschwitz, a concentration camp. After he was released a year later, he remained mute about his experiences of the Holocaust for 10 years. He met a man, who later became his close friend who persuaded him to write about his Holocaust experiences. When Elie did, he believed that he had reminded the public, who had tried to ignore the Holocaust, about the atrocities that happened. Some people believe that Elie had just let a new generation of Jewish children know about what may have happened to their relatives. I believe that Elie made the right choice, writing about his experiences. Based on him getting the Nobel Peace Prize as well as many other awards I’m sure many others agree with me.

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

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

[] || Joseph Goebbels was appointed by Hitler to be the head of the Nazi propaganda.

They set up a Reich Chamber of Commerce. The Nazis also set up a system of censorship. Lastly, they burned books that did not match the Nazi ideals. || []
 * ** 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?

[] || It was when Nazis broke and destroyed Jewish stores and synagogues. It means Night of the Broken Glass. It took place November 9-10, 1938.

Nazis and German government officials attended the Wannsee conferences. The complete and utter extermination of the Jews was the Final solution. ||
 * ** 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” || People with disabilities, Homosexuals, gypsies, poles, soviet prisoners of war, afro-Germans, and Jehovah’s witnesses.

Persecution, annihilation, and imprisonment were the fates of these non-Aryan Germans. ||
 * ** The Ghettos ** || Describe the three types of ghettos, their purpose, and locations.

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What was life like in the ghettos? [] || Closed ghettos, Opened ghettos, and Destruction ghettos were the 3 types of ghettos.

There were diseases and barely any moving space. || []
 * ** 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?

[] || Labor camps were where prisoners would work on military projects. Death/Extermination camps were where Jews and other non-Aryan Germans were sent to be killed.

Poison gas or shooting were the methods used for death of the Non-Aryan Germans. || []
 * ** 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 Allies liberated the Camps.

He committed suicide. 24, being Nazi officials and union leaders and newspaper editors were tried.

The IMT said that the “following orders” of the trial were not a legitimate defense for the criminal acts. ||

=Assignment 3: Images of Night= Ghettos Diverse and poor Stuffed packed poverty stricken Like a small motel room like a tight shoe A boxed-in closet Looming Around buildings of business