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maryines2008
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High School - 12th Grade

Who is responsible for the holocaust in "Night" by Elie Wiesel?

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Posted by maryines2008 on Tuesday April 14, 2009 at 2:25 PM and tagged with characters, details, elie wiesel, night, summary, theme.

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  1. ladyvols1 Teacher
    High School - 9th Grade

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    While there are various groups that contributed to the over all destruction of the Jewish people (Hungarian Police), the German Nazi Party was the group responsible for the Holocaust.  Hitler and his leadership of the Nazi Party believed in the Aryan race being chosen to lead their country into the future.  He and his followers believed the Jews, Gypsies, Gays and other fringe groups needed to be destroyed and only the White supremacistsshould rule.  Even if the camps were not located within the German boarders were still ultimately controlled by the German Army.

    "The Nazi "slaughterhouses" and "factories of death" are antithetical to this civilized practice of death; the Final Solution is an absolute mockery of human rights and values. The effect of this madness on persons normally a part of a culture organized around a detailed belief system is a breakdown of their social compact with each other and a fall into melancholia."

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    http://www.enotes.com/night-wiesel/summary
    http://www.enotes.com/night-wiesel/themes

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    Posted by ladyvols1 on Tuesday April 14, 2009 at 2:57 PM