Elie Wiesel's journey by Andriea https://padlet.com/taylorandriea5/ito741fwyxgj en-us 2015-12-07 16:19:22 UTC 2018-12-07 21:23:31 UTC hello@padlet.com http://www.achievement.org/achievers/wie0/large/wie0-010.jpg Birkenau elefant1944 https://padlet.com/taylorandriea5/ito741fwyxgj/wish/85261987
  • Reception center for Ausschwitz
  • Selection: if unable to work examination
  • Elie and his father are separated from his mother and little sister
  • Prisoners/Jews are shaved
    • "Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp,which has turned my life into one long night." (p.43)
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  • 30 minutes walk from Birkenau
  • Prisoners get numbers engraved
  • Meeting with Stein of Antwerp, relative of Elie
  • Elie and his father stay at Ausschwitz for three weeks
    • "First impression: this was better than Birkenau." (p.49)
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  • Elie's hometown
  • lives there with his parents and three sisters
  • Jews do not belive in "rumors" they hear about what the German do to the Jews
  • Eventually, rights are taken away from the Jewish citizien
  • Loss of freedom, home and valuables
  • Elie and his family are transported out of town
    • "From that moment, everything happened very quickly. The race toward death had begun." (p. 20)
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  • Subcamp of Ausschwitz
  • Four hour walk from Ausschwitz
  • Doctors look for golden theeth
  • Elie works in different units and makes some friends (Yossi and Tibi from cechzslovakia)
  • Hangings to intimidate Jews
  • Elie's foot is injured
  • Russian army comes closer, Buna is evacuted
    • "Then the whole camp, block after block, had to march past the hanged man and stare at the dimmed eyes, the lolling tongue of death." (p.70)
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  • About a two day walk from Buna
  • Losses on the way caused by ice cold weather, snow and exhaustion
  • Men are cramped into Barracks
  • No food or drink
  • Stay lasts three days
  • Elie almost gets separated from his father
  • Jews wait for the train to be deported into the center of Germay

    • "I felt that I was crushing him. I was stopping his breath.I wanted to get up. I struggled to disengage myself, so that he could breathe." (p.99)

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  • Train transport takes 10 days with no food or drink
  • Elie's father gets sick
  • He dies between January 28th and 29th, 1945
  • His body is taken away while Elie is sleeping
  • Buchenwald is liquidated
  • No food for six days
  • Liberation of the camp on April 11th by the Americans
    • "I have nothing to say of my life during this period. It no longer mattered. After my father's death, nothing could touch me anymore." (p.117)
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