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On page 99-100, Pavel is shown to be regretful of treating Bruno's injury, and it's treated as something he shouldn't have done. Bruno's mother ensures Pavel that she'll say that she was the one to clean the wound, and this made me have a revelation: Jewish doctors weren't allowed to treat non-Jewish patients in that time period. This made me feel very surprised and impressed that the author included this detail.

50-70

Synopsis: A young orthodox jewish teenage boy named Elie grew up in a close knit town in Hungary. He was raised in an affluent family, with his dad having a high status in the local community. In the book, we learn about the holocaust through the lens of Elie, who is a holocaust survivor. We discover the tragedies and deaths throughout the holocaust, and get to learn about history through a first person account.

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The autobiography Night tells the story of Elie Wiesel, a jewish person living during the time of the Holocaust. During this story, we learn about how he was forced to go to many concentration camps and the horrors he faced there. This is a story about grief, love, and the evil in our society.

reaction: On page 80-81 when Bruno had a deep conversation with Maria about her job my reaction was

very gladdening because he was was being very understanding about what she does and why she does it.

After their conversation I felt mad and annoyed when his sister Gretel talked to Maria in a sassy tone because

she was having an attitude towards Maria and telling her to get her bath ready.

In the book Surviving the Angel of Death these two Jewish twin sisters, Mirriam and Eva. Are on this journey of survival. On their, 10th birthday Mirriam and her family were woken up out of their sleep and taken to this concentration camp where they relocated all Jewish people. At the concentration camp they have to fight for their lives. they were treated cruel and faced all kinds of things like being sleep deprived, thirsty, hungry, and poisoned. Throughout all of this Mirriam and Eva have to find their way of life with just each other.

Reaction, my reaction was like surprised because like in the beginning i didn't really understand completely but towards the middle (where i am now) there was a lot of suspense, a lot of things going on.

Ellens family was getting taken away so she had to go with Annemarie and her family. They silently talked in her room and pretended to be sisters in case the nazi soldiers came in. the came in and Anne ripped Ellens necklace off so they didn't take her away.

Pages: 90 - 106

Option: Reaction

I was surprised when all of the other people

in Elies bunk started to attack his father, hitting

him and stealing his ration of bread. This surprised

me because I thought that the other people

in the camp woeuld have shown more compassion

towards Elies father, because everybody at the camp

was suffering and in pain.

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I found this book to be extremely interesting and well written. (i did cry a couple times!!!) I think the point of view was intriguing and the idea that no one but eva and miriam had a background story because nobody cared about anything else but survival. However, i found that the book so far did not include a lot of Historical context and could have used more depth and detail.

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Elie Wiesel lived in Transylvania, Hungary and was only 15 when he was taken to a concentration camp in Auschwitz with his family thousands of other jews. He and his father were separated from his mother and sister and survived the concentration camps, and Elie ended up the only one in his family who had survived.

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Elizer and his family got sent to concentration camp, his mother and sister died before the real struggle. They moved from camp to camp in very harsh treatment but father and son never left each other. Elizers dad couldn't push through to the end and died, but Elizer survived and was freed.

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reaction: A moment in the story that thought was really powerful was when ellen and annmarie were about to be intruded on in there bedroom by nazi soldiers and annmarie had to rip of ellens david star necklace so she wouldnt be caught. i think this shows the struggle that somany familys had togo through to try and hide there identy so they could be safe

his stuff. He questions her and his mother comes

and tells him that they are moving away. He is very

confused by this because there life is pretty nice

where they live. She gives him the basic explanation

of "your dads job requires us to move." Bruno tries

to argue, but he knows it won't change anything.

they arrive to the house and automatically bruno

hates it. Bruno complains about everything in the house.

He then tries to convince his mom to take them back home

and she snaps.

Page 50-60

Synopsis:

Elie is put into a concentration camp and he is trying to escape. He was separated from his family recently. He meets two new people who are going through the same situation and have the urge to escape as well.

bruno gos to talk to his father, he tells his father he really doesn't like the new house

but his father tries to show him that he must coap

Reaction: My reaction to Ellens Family

being taken away is sympathetic and suspicious

about where they were taken. If they were taken to

a concentration camp, would they be killed?

Where else could they be staying?

Synopsis

Hellen and her family go into hiding. They finally find a family to take their daughter but they wonder if it was the right choice.

Meanwhile the death camps are killing more and more Jews. Alfons Has graduated into the German air force.

Parallel Journeys (p40-p53)

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Review

What I read was really informative of what Jewish people went through in the invasion of the Netherlands and the neutral nations.I liked what I read.

Pages read - 5 ( 43 - 48 )

Anniemarie was in her bedroom with Ellen

when the soldiers came into their house looking for Ellens family

when they can't find them they look around the house. Anniemarie gets scared

because Ellen has a david star necklace so Anniemarie snatches the necklace off

showing that this is a very powerful scene in the book.

Roles: 
1 group member: Make a connection between what you read today with what we have learned about the Holocaust in class. This could be a connection to any specific event, policy, etc.

1 group member: Analyze the protagonist (main character(s)) of the story: What is their story? What is their relationship with other characters in the story?

1 group member: Analyze the setting of this story: What do you know about the setting(s)? How do they impact the story?

1 group member: Analyze the themes of this story. What themes have appeared in the story so far? How has the author developed those themes?

Elie Wiesel

The main character Elie has a very tragic story because he got separated dad and put in his own camp where he knew nobody. A relationship he has is with his dad, he was very close with his dad because he was one of the only family member that really cared about him.

Page 110-130

Setting analysis:

On page 125, Shmuel claimed that they were currently in Poland (which may not be true). Out-with, or Auschwitz, is where Bruno and his family moved to, along with where the concentration camp was. The location is completely unfamiliar to Bruno, and he's partially an unreliable narrator, as some of what he says is untrue, which lets the reader learn with him as he's entering this new environment.

pg 110-230

analyze the protagonist

Brunos relationship with Shmuel is so far pretty good. Even though there so different they have many similarities to each other. Their both the same age which I think helps the engage better with eachother. Bruno and Shmuel live very different lives and I think that's what makes Bruno question Shmuel a lot. No one knows about Bruno being friends with Schmuel because he wasn't supposed to talk to him or be near him.

Analize Protaginist: The story has two Protaginists, Alfrons and Helen. Alfrons is a 17 year old German boy of hitlers youth who rised up the ranks very quickly. Helen is a adult jewish girl who was put throught many concentration camps and nearly died before Russian troops ended the war. Both characters have friends but most of them die, either to dying fighting in the war or dyng in extermination camps or by starvation. Both of them seem nice to their friends and I think if I met them I could be friends with either of them.

Pages (46-62)

One connection I can make between this book and what I've learned about the holocaust is how many families took in Jewish children to protect them. This is shown in the book when the Johansens took in Ellen to protect her from Nazi soldiers in Denmark taking her to concentration camps or ghettos.

Loss of Faith: Another significant theme in the book is the loss of faith in God ad humanity. Wiesel describes how witnessing the evil and indifference in the camps shakes his belief in a benevolent God and raises questions about the existence of divine justice.

the characters have to be brave when facing the nazis

and advocate for themselves. in one page the mother had to talk

to a nazi soldier and the mother and kids were doing something they

weren't supposed to but even though the mother was scared for her

life she had to like keep it together for her kids.

Analyze the Setting

The setting is Nazi Germany and other European country's. The setting changes depending on wherever the big events of the war take place. Specifically though, it goes into multiple concentration camps, towns, and Berlin. Because of the locations, there is a lot of information about anti Jew actions. Some characters having to live through the events. While other live through the roaring German spirit.

Page 131-156

1. Was the "Fury" or the rude man with the mustache Hitler?

2. Why is Shmuel scared of Lieutenant Kotler specifically? Did Lieutenant Kotler hurt him in some way?

Is Shmuel allowed to be near the fence away from the others, what happens if he gets caught?

Pages 110-130

Shmuel said that they are in Poland but both the boys don't know that, Bruno met Shmuel as he was walking along the long fence once the sat down and talked Shmuel said they were in Poland and that Bruno has never been there before.

Parllel Journey's

145-178

what long lasting affects would Hellen have if she was not taken away.

what if doris was taken instead of hellen and her husand.

Will the trauma that Eva experienced effect how she raises her kids?

(62-78)

One connection I can make from this book to what I have learned about the holocaust is how Ellen is hiding from the Nazis, similar to haw Anne Frank hid from Nazi soldiers for the same reason.

Page 156-182

For the first time in weeks, the rain forbid Bruno and Shmuel from meeting. Bruno is forced to stay indoors and his sister

Gretel comes to see what the boy is up to. Bruno accidentally lets it slip that he's been talking to somebody, but he

makes the quick save of claiming Shmuel as an imaginary friend. Lieutenant Kotler brings Shmuel to Bruno's house to

clean glasses and the two boys are excited to see each other. Bruno offers Shmuel some food, which Shmuel hesitantly

takes, and Lieutenant Kotler catches him. Bruno denies knowing Shmuel and Shmuel is punished for it. Bruno doesn't

see his friend for a few days, but when he sees Shmuel again he apologizes profusely. One quote from the text: "Do you

know this boy?" and "Have you been talking to the prisoners?" -page 177. This is significant because it demonstrates how

even interaction between Jewish and non-Jewish people was frowned upon, which connects to othering and isolation.

Pages (79-94)

Summary: After arriving at her mothers childhood home, Annemarie, her family, and Ellen explored the old cottage. Annemarie finds out that her mother was lying about a death in the family, and it was a way for many people to stay in the cottage at once without getting lots of Nazi attention.

delivering the people to the boat but she has been injured

so Anniemarie has to go off by herself to drop off the food

to Uncle Henrik. She gets stopped by a soldier on the way

there and they give it to the dogs.

After the war, everyone in Germany was struggling. Alfons could not leave his town and was forced to work. Helen finally finds her daughter again but it isn't the same. Both of them struggle to adjust to their new lives. "It would be many months before I could bring myself to believe the truth of the holocaust." This shows people couldn't believe what had happened. This connect with what we know about trying to keep the killing a secret.