The SS seemed more preoccupied, more disturbed than usual. To hang a young boy in front of thousands of spectators was no light matter. The head of the camp read the verdict. All eyes were on the child. He was lividly pale, almost calm, biting his lips. The gallows threw its shadow over him. This time the camp executioner refused to act as executioner. Three SS replaced him. (Reviewed:) Grade: (A) Tweet Websites:Elie Wiesel Bio -INTERVIEW: Elie Weisel (Bold Type) -ESSAY: A Sacred Magic Can Elevate the Secular Storyteller: As part of the Writers on Writing series, Elie Wiesel says how stories from the Hasidic tradition influenced his writing. (NY Times) United States Holocaust Memorial Museum -Holocaust Survivors (personal accounts) There are a couple of good books about the Balkans: Kaplan, Robert
West, Rebecca
If you liked Night, try: Gage, Nicholas
Keneally, Thomas
Min, Anchee
Perel, Shlomo
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr
Comments:I read this book when I was a teenager, and it still gives me nightmares. Night is one of the most important books ever written. It should be required reading for all high school students. Weisel's style and the terribly true subject matter are positively haunting. - Kelly - Jan-26-2007, 12:43 ******************************************************* |
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