Elie Wiesel's Night is a memoir that focuses on the final year of the Holocaust—a year that the author spent at Auschwitz, a Nazi death camp. The study guide for Night explores two central questions: What is the relationship between our stories and our identity? To what extent are we all witnesses of history and messengers to humanity?
For teachers and students reading Elie Wiesel's Night, we have developed a number of resources that provide historical context, suggest teaching strategies, and stimulate discussion in the classroom:
Related Publications
1999 Night study guide
Holocaust and Human Behavior resource book
Elements of Time resource book
Teaching Strategy
Reader's Theatre-- Exploring emotionally powerful material
Video
Challenge of Memory-- The video montage to accompany Elie Wiesel's Night provides a framework with which to explore a number of episodes recorded in the memoir.
A Discussion with Elie Wiesel-- A compilation of video excerpts from a 1993 event where Facing History students from Chicago area high schools shared their thoughts and experiences with this Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor.
External Resources
Chicago Public Library resource guide
