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Photo of Elie Wiesel -- Cal A concentration camp-Lauren

== This is Elie Wiesel when he was younger along with his family..... Rachell

This is Elie Wiesel when he was 15, right before he was sent into a concentration camp with his father and his family separated.... Rachell This is a picture of Elie Wiesel in Buthcenwald concentration camp. He is circled in red. the picture was taken on April 16th, 1945, 5 days after the liberation of the camp.Ryan [insert other appropriate images here ]

This page is a place to collect web resources about the book //Night// by Elie Wiesel. Be sure you label each of your contributions with your first name //only//.

Enter the web address here along with 4-5 sentences describing the information found there. [] this site is the bio of **Elie Wiesel it tells where he grew up and** where he was raised what launguge he spoke at what he did during his life also his haulecaust experiences.- Denys [|[[http://www.pbs.org/eliewiesel/nobel/index.html]]] This site lets you read Elie Wiesel's acceptance speech when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. He won it for his efforts to help the living conditions and global acceptance of Jews. Most of his books have been about understanding how Jews are treated. The statement I like best that he said was: "Our lives no longer belong to us alone; they belong to all those who need us desperately." -- Cal [|http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/HOLO/ElieBio.Htm] This website is a good biography on Elie Wiesel, it tells a lot about his life. It tells about his struggles with the Holocaust, his experience with concentration camps. It mostly explains what he did after the liberation of the camps. -Lauren [] This one is also a good biography on Elie. It is shorted and more condensed than the other. It tells briefly about his life before and during the Holocaust. Then it describes his life after. He wrote many books and serves on many committees and boards.-Lauren []This is a biography describing who he was, where he was born and lived. It tells his story and some background info about him. It also tells some of his accomplishments and things he has done since it was over. It's a really good source if you're looking to know who he was and what he went through.Ryan
 * Websites with information about Elie Wiesel (author)**

Enter the web address here along with 4-5 sentences describing the information found there. [|[[http://www.bellmore-merrick.k12.ny.us/night.html]]] This site gives a basic overview of the book “Night”. It is created by a high school English department. It looks at the setting, characters, plot, and themes of the book. It also gives some life applications from the book. – Cal [] This is a study guide of the book. It has an overall summary and chapter by chapter summaries. It has lists of all the main characters. It has themes, motifs, and symbols. It has key facts. It even has quizzes to test your knowledge.---Ryan
 * Websites with information about Night (study guides, discussion boards, background, etc.)**

Enter the web address here along with 4-5 sentences describing the information found there. [|[[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/europe_auschwitz/html/1.stm]]] This site gives pictures and short descriptions of the largest concentration camp called Auschwitz. Elie Wiesel was sent here as a boy. It shows the hardships of the camp. The camp is now a museum in Poland. – Cal [] This website tells a lot of information about concentration camps; where they are located, what went on in them, and who was imprisoned. It also explains the meaning of the names of the camps. It gives great information about the purpose of the camps, and what the victims were forced to do. It also tells of extermination camps. -Lauren [] This website is a great resource for understanding ghettos. This website is very interesting because it tells about the origin of ghettos. It dates back 1290 and tells about different ghettos between then and the Holocaust. Then it explains the Nazi ghettos, their size, and how horrible they were.-Lauren []This site is mostly about the holocaust overall. What it is, how it happened, and where it happened. It has some maps of were it started and were it spread to. They have a few good pictures too.---Ryan Enter the web address here along with 4-5 sentences describing the information found there. [|[[http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005137]]] This is the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum site. This page is all about the war in Europe. It tells how Hitler started WWII. It shares the events of the war starting with the invasion of Poland through D-Day. -- Cal [] Has great info the war from all sides. It has a timeline, info on all the different battles, what kind of things they used. They have videos and photos. It's a great source for detailed info on the war.---Ryan
 * Websites with information on the Holocaust**
 * Websites with information on World War II**