Night ends

Free write
Identity. Memory. Witness. Messenger. What do these words mean in the context of Night?

Discussion
1. How do the prisoners struggle to maintain their identity under extraordinary conditions?
2. Eliezer recalls the story of three fathers and three sons. Why? How do these stories affect the way he reacts to his father's illness? To his father's death?
3. Why is it important to Eliezer to remember? To tell you his story? Look at the last two lines.

Bearing Witness NYT

Wins Nobel NYT

'Has Germany ever asked us to forgive? To my knowledge, no such plea was ever made. With whom am I to speak about forgiveness? I, who don't believe in collective guilt. Who am I to believe in collective innocence?' Elie Wiesel; chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, during his first vist to Germany since his release almost 40 years ago from the Buchenwald concentration camp. January 26, 1986.