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Elie Wiesel
•         Born on September 30, 1928, in Sighet, Transylvania (later Romania), Elie Wiesel pursued Jewish religious studies before his family was forced to relocate to Nazi death camps during WWII.

•         Wiesel survived, and later wrote the internationally acclaimed memoir Night.

•         He has also penned many books and become an activist, orator and teacher, speaking out against persecution and injustice across the globe.

 


Listen to the Audiobook as you read:

Essential Questions:

-What previous notions about the Holocaust drive our thinking of it today
-Do forms of mass genocide exist today?
-What is our civic responsibility as Americans to intervene in other countries that are committing crimes against humanity?
-In what ways can individuals bring social awareness to such atrocities?
-To what extent do individuals have control over their lives? What role does chance, choice, or fate play?
-What are the causes and/or the rationale behind events such as the Holocaust or other instances of genocide?
-What role does faith plan when one finds themself placed in such a situation?
-How does silence perpetuate violence?
-What is the importance of memory and remembrance in relation to genocide?

World War II

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WWI:Germany Defeated:
•         Broken Government
•         Limited military
•         Shattered industry and transportation
•         Economy sinking under war debts

1920: Rise of the Nazi (National Socialist German Workers Party)
•         Adolf Hitler: restore German pride and entitled greatness. 
•         He blamed Jews and other non-Germans for their state
•         Many Germans enthusiastically accepted this
•         Hitler became chancellor in 1933 Once in Power:
•         Restored Military
•         Restored Economy
         ▫ unchecked by other Allied countries, as they were dealing with the worldwide Great Depression

Did you know?
•         Hitler’s treatment of the Jews was more than a political Strategy
▫          Anti-Semite: Hater of Jews
•         Judaism is a religion, not a race
          ▫  Jews were defined by Hitler as: One with at least one Jewish grandparent.
          ▫ Before the war, the Gestapo already imprisoned more than 30,000 Jews.
•         Also targeted: Gypsies, the handicapped, homosexuals, communists, and Jehovah’s witnesses.

Timeline:
•         1938: Invaded lands surrounding Germany
•         1939: England and France Declare War
•         1941: USA joins
          ▫  Night begins
          ▫ Hitler seems unstoppable
•         1942: Hitler controlled most of Europe
           ▫  He was allied with Romania, which was pro-German
•         1944: Wiesel was forced into a total of three concentration camps: Auschwitz, Buna, and Buchenwald. 

Persecution of the Jews: 
•         Lost citizenship
•         Denied the right to work
•         Barred from public school
•         Barred from public meeting places
•         Could not marry non-Jews
•         Physical attacks on them and their property
•         Forced to live in Ghettos
•         Relocated to camps for starvation, work, or execution.

Where was God during the Holocaust?

This question reverberates through Elie Wiesel's memoir. With all of the darkness and the silence, Elie considered himself and his people to be abandoned.  This question has been asked by individuals who have suffered much less than the Holocaust.  It's a question that every believer must answer? God interceded for Isaac before Abraham sacrificed him.  Jesus calmed the storm.  So why did he not intervene during the Holocaust? Or did he? Corrie Ten-Boom was a Dutch Christian who suffered through concentration camps for hiding Jews, yet she only grew in her faith.  Francios Mauriac, who wrote the forward to Night, claims that the stumbling block of Wiesel's faith was the cornerstone of his.  
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