bio 6 notes Flashcards
keep memory alive is by ___ ___ (bday)
elie wiesel (sept 30,1928)
____ born ___, ___ and ___
Romanian teacher, philosopher, writer
deported to the ___ death camp at _________ at the age of ___ and both his parents and sisters __
Nazi, aushwitz, 15, died
did not write about the war for ___ and in ___ wrote “And the ___ kept ___” and in 1960 the english adaptation “ “ - he wrote to tell the ___ they must __
10, 1955, world, silent, night, survivors, speak
first to use the word “ “ and was awarded ___ and ___
Holocaust, Congressional Gold Medal of Achievement, Nobel Peace Prize
received the award w ___
humility
he was frightened bc-
doing so would be____
wondered if he had to right to rep the multitude who perished and accept the honor on their behalf ;presumptuous
pleased bc the __ belongs to all __ and __ and through us the __ people
survivors, children, jewish
describes the holocaust as: “__ of ___” the ___, ___, sealed __ __, and __ ___ which history of people and future men were sacrificed.
kingdom of the night, ghetto, deportation, cattle car, fiery altar
asked father __ how ___, its the ___ century not the ___, who ___, how could the world ____
could this true, 19th; MA, would allow this crime, stay silent
asked himself:
what have you done with your future and life
response to question:
i tried to keep the memory alive bc if we forget we are as guilty as the accomplices
the world was __ because they knew but stayed silent
naive
must pick a side bc __ and __ helps the opresor not the__ the __ never the tormented
nuetrality, silence, victim, tormentor
