Night

By greygrif

  • The beginning

    Adolf Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany

  • Concentration Camp

    First concentration camp opened. The first concentration camp was opened at Dachau in Germany
  • Period: to

    1941

    Twelve-year-old Elie Wiesel begins studying the Kabbalah.

  • Germans taking over

    In spring, Germans conquer Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands;

  • Elie

    Elie Wiesel and his family become residents of Hungary.

  • Warsaw Ghetto

    The Warsaw Ghetto was sealed off. There were around 400,000 Jewish people inside

  • German attacks

    Nazi Germany attacks the Soviet Union on June 22.

  • Moshie

    Elie meets Moshie the Beadle

  • First 'Death Camp'

    8th December 1941 The first 'Death Camp' was opened at Chelmno.

  • Mass-gassing

    January 1942 Mass-gassing of Jews began at Auschwitz-Birkenau

  • warning

    Moshie the Beadle tries to warn everyone about what was happening

  • European Jews gassed

    Jews from all over occupied Europe were sent to 'Death Camps'

  • Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

    A group of about 750 mainly young people decided that they had nothing to lose by resisting deportation. Using weapons smuggled into the Ghetto they fired on German troops who tried to round up inmates for deportation

  • Elie deported

    Elie Wiesel is fifteen years old when he and his family are deported in May 1944 by the Hungarian gendarmerie and the German SS and police from Sighet to Auschwitz. His mother and younger sister perish; his two older sisters survive.

  • Hungarian Jews sent to Auschwitz

    440,000 Hungarian Jews were transported to Auschwitz

  • quote

    Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky.

  • explanation of quote

    As Eliezer arrives at Auschwitz he is greeted by his first selection. He and his father follow the line that passes a pit of burning babies. It is difficult for even the most hardened reader not to wince at this passage; it stands out as the most horrible atrocity in a chronical of horrible atrocities.

  • explanation of quote 2

    Analysis: A continuation of the first quote in this section, the phrase "Never shall I forget" is repeated four more times. This section of the passage highlights another major theme of the novel--the struggle to maintain faith in a world full of evil.

  • quote 2

    Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever. Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.

  • Auschwitz

    The gas chambers at Auschwitz were used for the last time

  • Operation

    Operation of Elie's right foot.

  • 'Death Marches'

    Many remaining camps were closed and evidence of their existence destroyed. Those who had survived the camps so far were taken on forced 'Death Marches'.

  • father dies

    Elie's father dies in January

  • Close to the end

    The wheel of history turned

  • transferred

    Elie and his father are transferred to Buchenwald concentration camp,

  • Alone

    Elie remained in Buchenwald by himself until April 11.

  • FREE

    FREE AT LAST!

  • Illness strikes once more

    Elie became ill of food poisoning

  • quote 3

    One day I was able to get up, after gathering all my strength. I wanted to see myself in the mirror hanging on the opposite wall. I had not seen myself since the ghetto. From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me.

  • explanation of quote 3

    The narrative's last lines leaves the reader with a sense of hopelessness. Eliezer views himself as dead; innocence is dead; humanity is dead; God is dead. It is important not to confuse the narrator with the author. Elie Wiesel, the older version of Eliezer, the death camp survivor, has dedicated his life to serving mankind and to prevent human rights atrocities, showing the world that humankind is capable of goodness, notwithstanding its inherent evil. For more on Wiesel's life after his libe

  • Hitler committed suicide

    Faced with impending defeat, Hitler committed suicide

  • German surrender

    Germany surrendered and the war in Europe was over

  • Nuremberg war trial

    began Surviving Nazi leaders were put on trial at Nuremberg

  • Historical Events of the Holocaust

    This is the link I used for ALL of my historical information on the Holocaust http://www.historyonthenet.com/Chronology/timelineholocaust.htm

  • QUOTES

    Here is a link that I used to get ALL quotes AND explanations. http://www.brighthubeducation.com/homework-help-literature/45196-important-quotes-from-night-by-elie-wiesel/