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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Night Vocabulary Talmud: the collection of 1,000 years of Jewish Law and tradition. Synagogue: the Jewish house of worship and center of Jewish life. Rabbi: means “teacher”and is given to a religious leader Yellow Star: After 1935 in Nazi Germany and later in other countries, Jews were required to wear a Star of David in public. The star was black on a yellow background with the word “Jew” in the middle. Vocabulary Continued Ghetto: Beginning in 1939, the Nazis forced Jews into restricted sections of cities surrounded by walls, guards, and barbed wire. In reality, the ghettos were holding stations before deportation. SS: a highly trained force who protected the Nazi state. Gestapo: a secret police and division of the SS, much feared and in charge of imprisoning all enemies of the Nazi state. Vocabulary Continued Kapos: prisoners who supervised other prisoners. Crematory: a furnace for burning dead bodies to ashes. Aryan: In Nazi ideology, the pure, superior German race. Mass grave “Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God himself. Never.” – Wiesel in Night Memorial at Auschwitz Birkenau Memorial to resistance fighters;Auschwitz Museum Memorial to Auschwitz victims Ghetto Uprising Memorial; Warsaw, Poland * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Elie Wiesel’s Night “They fought alone, they suffered alone, they lived alone, but they did not die alone, for something in all of us died with them.” - Wiesel Elie Wiesel “To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.” - Wiesel 1928 Born in Sighet, Romania Population of  15,000 Jewish  souls before World  War II Only a handful of  them live in the  town today Holocaust Not one event, cause or person Collection of Fascism, irresponsible civic leadership, strong propaganda and economic depression. Systemat