Pre-Assessment - Night by Elie Wiesel (Period 1) by Mrs. Zinzer https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6 This is a pre-assessment to gauge your background knowledge on the Holocaust. Please follow Mrs. Zinzer's post as an example. Your first name and last initial needs to be the title of your post. en-us 2019-02-06 19:12:32 UTC 2019-08-22 13:07:56 UTC hello@padlet.com Mrs. Zinzer kzinzer5 https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/328449241 1) On a scale of 1-5
(1 = little, 5 = strong), what is your background knowledge on the Holocaust?

2) Have you read the memoir, Night by Elie Wiesel in the past?

3) What are your thoughts now about the essential question posed in the beginning of this unit: "Why do humans add grief to grief and aggravate suffering with cruel treatment of one another?"

4) What question would you like to ask about the Holocaust?

5) List two facts about the Holocaust.


]]> 2019-02-06 19:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/328449241 Cameron M. https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329217936 1) 3
2) No
3) I think humans add grief to grief because humans feel they have more control of a situation when they hurt someone else and force them out of control. This feeling of control gives people more meaning in life and creates a feeling in their mind of elevated status.
4) Why was there a feeling of superiority in the minds of the Germans? What created a need for them to assert their dominance?
5) 
-About 6 million Jews were killed.
-Millions of people including Jews but also others such as Gypsies and the disabled were held in concentration camps.]]> 2019-02-08 14:48:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329217936 Jacquelyn S. https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329217961 1. I would say that on a scale of 1-5 my knowledge of the Holocaust is about a 3 because I know for the most part what happened and what the conflict was, but there are many things I still have yet to learn. 
2. I actually have read Night, and I read it in 8th grade. 
3. I think that humans add grief to grief for self control and to help people feel better about themselves. It is not something that people are typically proud of,  but it is the reality and it is a coping mechanism for sure. 
4. I want to know how it ended. 
5. 1. The Nazis from Germany lead the Holocaust
2. Millions of Jews, Gypsies, and other seemingly "outcasts" of society were killed and put into concentration camps- 6 million died.

]]> 2019-02-08 14:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329217961 Sarah H. https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218002 1) 4
2) Yes
3) Humans add grief to grief because of their need to have meaning in life. Everybody constantly wrestles with the struggle of finding a reason for being alive, and often that outlet turns out to be other people. When other people suffer, we sometimes feel that they are struggling more than us which makes us in turn, whether intentionally or not, want to worsen that grief to understand ourselves. 
4) Do stories of the Holocaust still affect people the same way today as it did many decades ago?
5) Many Jews were afraid of sharing their stories many years after the Holocaust. Most of the Jews going to the concentration camps did not know that people were being slaughtered in the camps.]]> 2019-02-08 14:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218002 Sai G. https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218042 1) 4
2) No
3) I think that humans add grief to grief because they want to feel in control.
4) Why did Hitler want the "Aryan race" to be superior in Germany when he wasn't Aryan or German?
5)  - 6 million Jews Killed
 - Nazis captured many groups of people and sent them to camps, not just Jews.]]> 2019-02-08 14:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218042 Madelyn M. mmeehan6 https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218122 1.  3
2.  No
3.  I believe that humans add grief to grief because it makes them feel superior to others.
4.  I would like to know more about the people inside the concentration camps, and more details on the conditions, and labor.
5.  The Holocaust was a genocide, and millions of people died during the Holocaust.

]]> 2019-02-08 14:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218122 Cullen G https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218213 1. 3
2. No, I have never read it.
3. I have never really thought about it, but humans do add grief to grief. I'm still uncertain why.
4. What would make someone try to end an entire race?
5. Adolf Hitler specifically targeted gypsies, disabled people, and Jewish people. He sent them to concentration camps where they would work and eventually die.]]> 2019-02-08 14:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218213 Andrew M https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218246 1.3
2.No I have not read "Night"
3. I think humans add grief to grief because not only do people enjoy watching their enemies suffer. I it also human to avoid helping or getting involved for fear of hurting your own livelihood.
4. I would like to know more about the conditions of the concentration camps (bad obviously) but like specifically?
5. It was the systematic killing of people the german government thought were undesirable (Jews, the disabled, gypsies) and many of these people would go to concentration camps with terrible conditions to die. ]]> 2019-02-08 14:48:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218246 Amelia C. acook13 https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218305 1) I would say my background knowledge is about a 4. 
2) I have never read the book. 
3) I think that humans add grief to grief because if they have trauma or problems within their own lives, they may add suffering to others so they too can feel pain. My thoughts have not changed because I believe that people who cause suffering to others are in some way suffering themselves. The cruelty used is maybe a way to express anger or frustration. 
4) Why did the Nazis believe that they had so much supreme power over? 
5) a. Nazis targeted Jews, gypsies, physically disabled people, and people with mental disabilities in the Holocaust. 
b. The Nazis used gas chambers because they were one of the fastest ways to complete their final "mission." ]]> 2019-02-08 14:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218305 Aidan M. amoy1 https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218396 1. 4
2. No
3. Humans add grief to grief to elevate or preserve their own or status for personal gain either socially, physically, or financially, in efforts maintain superiority.
4. How many people are who were directly affected by the holocaust are still alive today?
5. The holocaust terrorized all those that the Aryans found socially or physically tainted, most notably Jews, Poles, Gypsies, and homosexuals.

The holocaust concentration camps received air dropped supplies when reached by the Allies]]> 2019-02-08 14:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218396 Aman S https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218410 1) 3
2) No
3) Humans add grief to grief to make themselves feel better 
4) What was the motivation behind the holocaust?
5) 
Adolf Hitler targeted Jewish and Disabled people 
Millions of people died



]]> 2019-02-08 14:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218410 Mariana M. https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218431 1) 3
2) No
3) Some people in positions of power want to keep it, and would rather bring people below them down to hold themselves superior to others. Powerful people are not always aware of what other people with less power go through.
4) If survivors were able to recover, how did they live day to day?
5) 1. Millions of Jewish, disabled, gay, and people "unfit" for society were murdered.
2. People defending and protecting Jewish families were persecuted.

]]> 2019-02-08 14:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218431 Dan M. https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218532 1. 3
2. No, I have not
3. When humans add grief to grief, it gives them a sense of superiority and power that they would otherwise lack. Inducing pain in other people gives humans a sense of satisfaction as it lets them know that someone is suffering more than them and lets them take out their anger, fears, and doubts on undeserving people. 
4. Why were those particular groups of people blamed for all the problems in the world?
5. - First concentration camps arose around 1941- they were both labor and death camps for prisoners, Jews, gypsies, etc
- Millions of people died in concentration camps across Europe during the span of WW2]]> 2019-02-08 14:49:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218532 Avanish N. https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218538 1. 4
2. No
3. I think humans tend to add grief to grief because humans tend to blame others for their own suffering and by adding to someone else's grief they feel better about themselves.
4. What was life like after the holocaust for survivors?
5. The holocaust was a system used to isolate and genocide Jews, gypsies, disabled people, homosexuals and other "undesirable" people.]]> 2019-02-08 14:49:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218538 Camille W. https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218557 1) 4
2) No.
3) I think that humans add grief to grief and aggravate suffering with cruel treatment of one another out of ignorance. There is often a lack of empathy that derives from a lack of connection. When someone cannot connect to someone else they are more likely to be cruel not necessarily from a malicious place, but with malicious actions. 
4) How could the world have let this happen?
5) Germany experienced an economic depression following WWI and Jewish people as well as other groups were blamed by the Nazi party.  Millions of people were targeted and killed. ]]> 2019-02-08 14:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218557 Austin N. https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218565 1) 4
2) No, I have not read Night.
3) Humans add grief to grief because of a desire to push blame and suffering onto others. Instead of addressing one's own problems and issues, it is much easier to continue to tear down a group that is less powerful and already in a weak position in society.
4) Why were the people so willing to denigrate and destroy others, especially people they might have known personally and interacted with?
5) 1. Jewish people were not the only groups harmed in the Holocaust, political enemies and Romani people were also targeted. 2. Nazis set up concentration camps to utilize Jewish people for hard labor and in many cases used for mass genocide.]]> 2019-02-08 14:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218565 Christian C. https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218625 1. 3
2. No, I have not read it.
3. I think people add grief to the grief of others in order to maintain a social standing. It gives them a sense of control and will make them feel better about themselves knowing that there are people below them.
4. What percent of people in the concentration camps were able to escape?
5. -Occurred during WWII
- Millions died in concentration camps
]]> 2019-02-08 14:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218625 Alex H. https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218632 1) 3
2) No, I have not read it.
3) Humans tend to add grief to grief in order to obtain for themselves a sense of superiority over the individual.
4) How people were affected around the world.
5) The Holocaust was a time of mass genocide of thought to be "inferiors" . The Holocaust was lead by Nazi Germany and occurred during World War II.

]]> 2019-02-08 14:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218632 Aryan N. anambiar11 https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218662 1. 3
2. No, I haven't read it.
3. I feel like for each person, there could be a different reason to adding grief to grief and aggravating suffering with cruel treatment of one another. For one person, it could be their pride and wanting to always be on the top of a social chain. For others, it could be that they're going through a rough time and seeing others happy and better-off than them makes them mad at others. 
4. What motivated the people who were behind the Holocaust, and why did they decide that blaming others for their problems was the just solution?
5. It occurred around/during World War 2, and it was carried out against minorities.]]> 2019-02-08 14:49:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329218662 Ella B https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329219178 1. 3
2. No i have not read "Night" before.
3. I am not really sure why humans add grief to grief but sometimes it is probably to help themselves because that is why people do most things.
4. I want to learn about what it was like when the people in the concentration camps were freed.
5. Millions of people were killed in concentration camps, and the Germans tried to hide the concentration camps from the rest of the world.]]> 2019-02-08 14:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329219178 Greta B. https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329219410 1) 2
2) No
3) Humans tend to worsen the situation of people who are already suffering because once they begin to gain power, they become greedy for more power and superiority over their inferiors.
4) Why does aggravation of suffering continue to occur after so many devastating events involving it occurred throughout history? Why does history sometimes repeat itself?]]> 2019-02-08 14:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329219410 Om K. https://padlet.com/kzinzer5/8ohixbvg5qb6/wish/329261061 1. 4
2. No
3. I think that this essential question is much more relevant to the current subject at hand, especially when dissecting true cruelty and grief that was every so present in the holocaust.
4. I would like to ask, "Why were so many people complicit in these atrocities?"
5. It was the German murder of millions of Jews and other minorities deemed "un-pure" under the leadership of Nazi Leader Adolf Hitler. 
Over 6 million jews were killed by way of concentration camps and other methods of mass murder, making it one of the highest death-toll genocides in history. 

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