Winfrey & Wiesel Auschwitz

Winfrey & Wiesel Auschwitz

Here are the questions you will need to answer as a result of watching this video:

• What were the conditions in Germany following WWI that enabled Hitler to begin his evil campaign?

• Why does Elie Wsel speak softly while ​visiting Auschwitz?

• ​Given the suffering Elie has witnessed and experienced, what sense is he able to make of what happened?

• ​Why are “and yet” Elie Wiesel’s favorite words?

• I​n the excerpt from Wiesel’s book Night, he recalls seeing signs everywhere that read: “WARNING! DANGER OF DEATH!” Why does he say the signs are ironic?

• ​Why does Wiesel say that he was the “wrong person” to survive the camps?

• ​When Oprah says that the Nazis were a “different kind of human,” why does Wiesel resist that kind of thinking, saying, “But they were human”?

• ​How difficult do you think it is for Wiesel to return to the place where he experienced such pain and suffering? Do you sense that 60 years has allowed the memories to fade?

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The Task​

Open Ended

What were the conditions in Germany following WWI that enabled Hitler to begin his evil campaign?

Open Ended

Why does Elie Wiesel speak softly while visiting Auschwitz?

Open Ended

Given the suffering Elie has witnessed and experienced, what sense is he able to make of what happened?

Open Ended

Why are “and yet” Elie Wiesel’s favorite words?

Open Ended

In the excerpt from Wiesel’s book Night, he recalls seeing signs everywhere that read: “WARNING! DANGER OF DEATH!” Why does he say the signs are ironic?

Open Ended

Why does Wiesel say that he was the “wrong person” to survive the camps?

Open Ended

When Oprah says that the Nazis were a “different kind of human,” why does Wiesel resist that kind of thinking, saying, “But they were human”?

Open Ended

How difficult do you think it is for Wiesel to return to the place where he experienced such pain and suffering? Do you sense that 60 years has allowed the memories to fade?