Book & Info re: the Holocaust

[Night Crawler]

Hi. I checked out for while to look around at the online book forum I belong too. One of the threads recommends the below book and it looks so good that I thought I would share with you ladies! (Adding it to my list of "must get" books!) Also included is an educational website I came across while looking up the book. This site is actually intended for those teaching about the Holocaust, but can be used by the rest of us too.

Night, by Elie Wiesel
A true account of one boy’s (and his family’s) experience in Nazi death camps.

Below is an excerpt from a summary of this book found online (at an education site about the Holocaust) in a teacher’s study guide at: http://www.facinghistory.org/resources/publications/

Night is a terse, terrifying account of the experiences of a young Jewish boy at Auschwitz, a Nazi death camp. The book opens in 1941 in his hometown of Sighet, a small isolated community tucked away in the mountains of Transylvania, then under Hungarian rule. Eliezer, the narrator, begins with a description of Jewish life in the town. He also draws a vivid picture of himself and his family. He focuses in particular on his fascination with his religion, particularly the mystical aspects of his faith.

Cheers!

[miss kiki]

i think i read that one for school. :yes:
i remember it being good, but very sad.

[Night Crawler]

Yes, the other site mentioned it was required reading in many schools. My thought though, was if I hadn't heard of it, maybe others had not either! I've read the Diary of Anne Frank several times, and other related stories, but this one is new to me. Other than being sad, did you like the book?

[miss kiki]

yeah, i remember liking it. we're going back like 6 or 7 years though, so i don't really remember details, but i remember liking it. :yes:

[Stormy]

Our required reading about the Holocaust was Anne Frank's diary....I don't remember reading this one. :dk:

[miss kiki]

we read both in school. :yes: i think i read the night when i was in middle school-either 7th or 8th grade. we read it during the school year and i think anne frank was a summer reading assignment.