When Night by Elie Wiesel was released in 1960 it was presented as the true story of Wiesel’s WW2 experiences. In the spirit of Halloween I present you with a spooky tale from Night. Several Pages later Wiesel makes a point of referencing this incredible, straight out of a movie, story to make sure that…
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Shedding Light on ‘Night’
When the first English translation of Elie Wiesel’s Night was released in 1960 it was a non-fiction book that was ‘beyond criticism’. This book was presented as the true autobiography of Wiesel and many students were required to read it. Today a Google search will show you that this same book is fictional children’s literature….
Origin of the Term ‘Holocaust’
How did the word Holocaust come to be the term for the supposed atrocities done by the Nazis in WW2? Elie Wiesel, a famous survivor of Auschwitz/Birkenau coined the term. He was one of the first to bring his story to market and he was the most famous survivors of his time. Propped up by…