Adolf Eichmann takes oath during his trial in 1960. www.telegraph.co.uk. Accessed 14 Feb. 2017. I used this photo to show Eichmann’s trial and how it is a form of taking a stand. A Jew climbing out of a melina (hiding place) at 6 Strashun Street in Vilna. www.yadvashem.org/. I used this photo to show how righteous people hid and saved Jews from being sent to ghettos and camps.
“Apartheid.” Crime Museum, www.crimemuseum.org/. I used this photo to show how anti-apartheid protests are a form of activism. Wiesel protested against apartheid together with Mandela.
An anti semitic protest in France where a man is burning the Israeli Flag. The Jewish Federation, jfedsrq.org. I used this photo to depict anti-semitism occurring all around the world, not only in the United States. I used it as a banner image because it represents the hatred against not only Judaism, but Israel as a whole.
Armed protesters demonstrate in front of a mosque on December 12 in Texas.Jacobin, www.jacobinmag.com. I used this photo to show Americans protesting against Syrian refugees entering the United States. It shows that prejudice against Muslims is growing and by encouraging the Travel Ban, the Islamophobia movement only increases.
Blatteis, Clark M. “Repeat of Refuge Denied.” US News and World Report, www.usnews.com. This article gave me information about the current Syrian refugee crisis which compares to the Jewish refugee crisis in 1938. A man by the name of Clark M. Blatteis experienced being forced onto the St. Louis ship to sail back to Belgium after being denied entry into Cuba and the United States. He shares his story and explains how what is occurring today with the Syrians is a direct comparison to what happened to him and his fellow Jews. He tells us that the world is indifferent about what is going on. "Buchenwald /Barrack/ Elie Wiesel / Photo." Britannica Image Quest, quest.eb.com. I used this photo to show what the conditions were for prisoners during the Holocaust. These atrocious conditions contributed to prisoners shame in telling their stories. Cambodian refugees wait in long lines for food rations of eggs and rice inside a camp on the Thailand/Cambodia border in 1979.www.coloradanmagazine.org. I used this photo to show one of the groups of people Wiesel helped during his journey of activism.
Celebrating Elie Wiesel: Holocaust survivor, moral authority, political activist. University of Colorado Boulder, www.colorado.edu/. This is a picture of Elie Wiesel enjoying his work (writing and outlining his speeches). I used this picture to show that Wiesel was passionate about what he did.
Child survivors of Auschwitz, wearing adult-size prisoner jackets, stand behind a barbed wire fence.United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, collections.ushmm.org. I used this photo to show Jews suffering at Auschwitz. In my website, I used this photo to show how similar this is to how Syrian refugees are being treated today.
Donald Trump tweets an image of Hillary Clinton with a message on a star of david that reads, “Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!”Haaretz, www.haaretz.com. I used this photo to show that our current president used a star of David to write a demeaning message on. This conveys that President Trump suggests that this symbol relates to the words listed even though they have nothing to do with each other.
“Elie Wiesel Addresses Anti-Semitism at Cooper Union.” The Observer, observer.com/. I used this photo of Elie Wiesel reading a document about Israel being accused of genocide because soon, he takes a stand against it.
Elie Wiesel became Founding Chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council in 1980. In this photo, he speaks at a ceremony held during the Tribute to Holocaust Survivors, one of the Museum’s tenth anniversary events.
“Elie Wiesel speaks at the Days of Remembrance ceremony, Washington, DC, 2001.” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, www.ushmm.org. I used this photo to show Wiesel speaking and the impact he made on the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Elie Wiesel speaks at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. The Atlantic Magazine, www.theatlantic.com/magazine/. I used this photo as my header to portray Elie Wiesel speaking up and taking a stand.
“Elie Wiesel 1928-2016.” www.cbsnews.com. I used this photo to show Elie Wiesel receiving the Congressional Gold Medal from president Ronald Reagan. “European Children Arrive in the US.” Encyclopedia Britannica, quest.eb.com. I used this photo to show how some European refugees made it to the United States as an escape from World War II. However, this was very rare.
Flags of US Army liberating divisions form the backdrop to the ceremony. Washington, DC, November 2003. — US Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, www.ushmm.org. I used this photo to show Wiesel speaking at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C and how he became very important there.
Grave stones desecrated at a Jewish Cemetery in Philadelphia. NBC 10, www.nbcphiladelphia.com. I used this image to show the desecration of Jewish grave stones along with other sacred sites being destroyed. It shows how our society has grown to be more anti-semitic and intolerant.
In this June 17, 1939 file photo, German Jewish refugees return to Antwerp, Belgium, aboard the St. Louis after they had been denied entrance to Cuba and the United States. Times of Israel, www.timesofisrael.com. I used this photo to show the Jewish refugees being denied into Cuba and the United States and aboard the St. Louis ship back to Belgium. I wanted to show how this crisis compares to the Syrian refugee crisis going on today. IRAQ 197,000 Syrian refugees. New York Times, www.nytimes.com. I used this photo to show the refugees in Iraq are struggling today and how they live because they are not being permitted into other countries. They continue to suffer by solely surviving day by day in very dangerous environments. . Jobbik Party Protest against ‘Israeli Conquerors’ in Hungary. TLV Faces, www.tlvfaces.com. I used this photo to show one of the many current cases of anti semitism happening around the world today.
JVP STATEMENT ON JCC ATTACKS AND CEMETERY DESECRATION.jewishvoiceforpeace.org I used this photo to show the image of desecrated Jewish cemeteries in Philadelphia. I used this photo to show the parallel between Kristallnacht and what is occurring today.
Kharrati, Neusha. Elie Wiesel’s childhood home located in present day Romania. 7 July 2016, Romania. I used this photo to show how and where Wiesel lived before him and his family were deported to Auschwitz. Neusha Kharrati actually visited Wiesel's home last summer and took this photo.
Learn to Question. www.learntoquestion.com/main/. I used this website to find a picture of Elie Wiesel and his family before the Holocaust.
Muslim Women Protesting to Stop Islamophobia in the United Kingdom. International: The News Blog, blogs.thenews.com. I used this photo to show Muslim Women protesting the prejudice against Islam. It shows the courage some people have to take a stand against Islamophobia. “On Reading If This Is a Man.” Centro Primo Levi New York, primolevicenter.org. I used this photo to show a picture of Primo Levi since I mention him while talking about the psychology of Holocaust survivors and the culture of silence. “Oscar Schindler.” quest.eb.com. I used this photo to show how powerful of a figure Oscar Schindler was, can use their position to take a stand.
Pedestrians viewing a Jewish store in Berlin damaged during Kristallnacht, November 10, 1938. Encyclopedia Britannica, www.britannica.com. I used this photo to show what occurred on Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass. It shows how the anti semitism lead up to what happened during the Holocaust and how the horrors of the Holocaust could even happen today due to the anti semitism we are experiencing.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at an event sponsored by the Greater Charleston Business Alliance and the South Carolina African American Chamber of Commerce. Business Insider, www.businessinsider.com. I used this photo to show an image of the current United States President, Donald Trump. In my website, I used his picture to show him compared to Hitler because of some of the similar policies they had/have executed. Soffer, Sabrina. Present Day Auschwitz photos. 16 Apr. 2016. Soffer, April 16, 2016, Auschwitz, Poland. I used this collection of photos to depict Auschwitz today. I traveled to Poland last year to view the memorials built in memory of the six million Jews that died. Sign that reads, “All I need to know about Islam, I learned on 9/11.”Washington State University, hub.wsu.edu. I used this photo to show the awful messages and generalizations people send. While these hateful comments spread, so does the movement of Islamophobia.
Sign that reads “no more mosques.” The UK Progressive, www.ukprogressive.co.uk. I used this photo to show the hatred against Muslims and how people want to destroy Islam.
Sign that reads: “Wake Up! Islam’s Goal: Destruction of our way of Life! Washington State University, hub.wsu.edu. I used this image to show the generalizations people make against Muslims and how the philosophy of Islamophobia is spreading. Swastika graffiti sprayed on tomb stones at the Jewish cemetery in Kroepelin. Huffington Post, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. I used this photo to show the vandalization of Jewish gravestones in Germany in current times. This shows the anti semitism still occurring today not only in the United States, but different places around the world.
Swastika with the words “Nazis Rule” drawn on a whiteboard inside a Jewish student’s dorm room at the University of Minnesota.Minnesota Daily, www.mndaily.com/article/2017/02/anti-semitic-message-found-in-umn-students-pioneer-hall-dorm-room. I used this photo to show that even kids can be anti semitic. It shows that even the movement of anti semitism has spread to the new generation.
Syrian Refugees. National Geographic, ngm.nationalgeographic.com. I used this photo to show the Syrian refugees suffering behind barbed wires. In my website, I put this image next to a photo of Jews being tortured behind barbed wire as well.
The city of Baden-Baden in flames, November 10, 1938. Yad Vashem, www.yadvashem.org. I used this photo to show the horrors of Kristallnacht where a synagogue was burnt. I wanted to make a connection in my website where a synagogue is being desecrated today.
Wiesel, Elie. "Elie Wiesel -- Acceptance Speech." Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony, Oslo, Norway. Speech. This video shows Wiesel's powerful speech at his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance ceremony. It shows his devotion to speaking up and continuing to be a human activist throughout his lifetime.
Wiesel delivering the final lecture in his longtime annual series Three Encounters with Elie Wiesel: The Fascination with Jewish Tales at the George Sherman Union on November 18, 2012. Photo by Vernon Doucette. Boston University, www.bu.edu. I used this photo to show how speaking up is a form of taking a stand. Wiesel, Elie. Night. Hill and Wang. I read this book last year which was gave me inspiration for my project. I went back to the book many times to look for quotes and to refresh myself on the details of Wiesel’s early life.
Wiesel, Elie. "The Perils of Indifference." 12 Apr. 1999. American Rhetoric, AmericanRhetoric.com. Speech. I used this video to show how strongly Wiesel feels about combating indifference and how essential it is to do so. It is incredible that he was able to speak at the White House in front of powerful governmental authorities.
Wiesel, Elie. “’You Don’t Sleep Well’ When People Are Suffering.” 12 Apr. 2012. The Public Council, www.publiccounsel.org/. Speech. I used Wiesel’s speech, ’You Don’t Sleep Well’ When People Suffering, because it is about never staying silenced when people are oppressed or in need. It mentions the source and motives for his activism in a powerful and moving tone.
Secondary Sources
“Anti Semitism.” Merriam Webster. Merriam Webster, www.merriam-webster.com. I used this definition to accurately define the portion of my website that shows different examples of anti semitism. I wanted to define this word so people can fully understand how historical and current events relate to anti semitism.
Berger, Joseph. “Elie Wiesel, Auschwitz Survivor and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Dies at 87.” New York Times, www.nytimes.com. I was skimming the New York Times on July 2, 2016 when I saw the title of this article. I was completely shocked and saddened by Wiesel’s death. The article gave a summary of Wiesel’s life and how he took a stand after the Holocaust, and I immediately knew it needed to be my topic for this years theme, taking a stand.
Cohen, Moshe. Interview. 12 Feb. 2017.This is an interview with Rabbi Moshe Cohen, the head of the Jewish World Section at Yad Vashem which is the most prominent Holocaust museum in the world (located in Jerusalem, Israel). I asked him why he chose to feature Elie Wiesel, what makes Wiesel such an ideal icon and leader to Holocaust memory, and how Weisel impacts Yad Vashem. It was interesting to hear about Wiesel from the perspective of a Rabbi.
“ELIE WIESEL: DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE EXCERPTS.” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, www.ushmm.org. I used this article to get quotes from Wiesel’s different speeches and learn what he spoke about.
“ELIE WIESEL TIMELINE AND WORLD EVENTS: FROM 1952.” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, www.ushmm.org. Accessed 11 Feb. 2017. I used this website primarily to help me with my timeline, but I also used some articles from website to reference some of his speeches, books, and stands throughout his lifetime.
Herman, David. “After the Holocaust: Challenging the Myth of Silence.” NewStatesman, www.newstatesman.com. Accessed 9 Feb. 2017. I used this article to understand the psychological part of why Holocaust survivors didn’t share their stories and what the causes and effects of doing this were. It also introduced me to different Holocaust Survivors that I had never heard of before. This article also gave me a chance to compare and contrast them to Elie Wiesel and how Wiesel really stood out and how he alleviated their pain so they could share their stories.
Jewish community centers all over the US report receiving bomb threats. www.businessinsider.com/jewish-community-center-bomb-threats-2017-2. I used this article to learn more about the Jewish Community Center bomb threats that have been happening to several communities and even Jewish schools around the United States.
McGrath, Christopher. Interview. 19 Jan. 2017. I interviewed my eighth grade English teacher, Mr. McGrath because he was one of the main people who really inspired me to learn more about Elie Wiesel. Last year, we read the book Night and Wiesel’s story stirred strong feelings in me. I was curious to know what Mr. McGrath thought about the book, how he teaches it, and what he thinks Wiesel’s message is and what legacy he leaves from writing this book.
“Nazi Hunting: Simon Wiesenthal.” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, www.ushmm.org. I used this article to learn about Nazi hunting and how it was a form of taking a stand.
“New York Times Logo.” New York Times, www.nytimes.com. I used this photo to show a picture of the New York Times logo to represent how Wiesel took up a full advertisement in their newspaper to speak about terrorism and support to Israel.
Night, by Elie Wiesel. The Night Trilogy. I took this picture to show a photo of Elie Wiesel’s memoir, Night and how he took a stand by writing.
“Press Room.” Yad Vashem, www.yadvashem.org. I used this article to read about the awards Wiesel won and how he was an instrumental figure to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum. Ramos, Jorge. Taking a Stand. I used Jorge Ramos' book to derive quotes from and to learn about his opinion on Wiesel's activism. His book gave me insight on how Wiesel influenced others to take a stand in what they believe in.
Syrian Refugee Crisis in Numbers. Aljazeera, www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2015/12/151209100759278.html. This image is very powerful because it shows how many refugees (approximately) are from several countries neighboring Syria. On the image a statement reads, “One in five Syrians is now a Refugee from a neighboring country.” This image really makes me think about this conflict and is crucial that we know the severity of what is going on in our world today.
“The exhibit at Auschwitz Birkenau which opened in 2005.” auschwitz.org. I used this photo to show the exhibit Wiesel helped plan at Auschwitz Birkenau.
“The Historic Scale of Syria’s Refugee Crisis.” New York Times [New York, New York]. New York Times, nytimes.com. I used this article to learn more about the current Syrian refugee calamity that has taken center stage around the world. This piece not only gave a broad overview of what is occurring and the cause of the crisis, but many interesting details as well. I learned about the certain refugees from different Muslim countries and how they are surviving. This article also gave statistics on the amount of refugees there currently are in each country and how those numbers are increasing. I also thought about and analyzed how this compared to the Jewish refugee crisis in the late 1930’s and in my website, I compared these tragedies to each other.
“The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, Day.” Jewish Book Council, www.jewishbookcouncil.org. I used this photo to show the Night Trilogy when talking about Wiesel’s memoir Night and also showing the rest of the sequel. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. www.ushmm.org. I used this web page to give me information about the Laws that limited Jewish kids to attend schools in Nazi Germany. I wanted to find out more about this because in my website I wanted to compare it to how there are bomb threats towards Jewish schools which instills fear in children to attend school. Both of these conflicts prevent children from going to school.
Wiesel, Marion. “Elie Wiesel.” The Elie Wiesel Foundation, www.eliewieselfoundation.org. I read this article to learn about Wiesel’s early life and how he took a stand during his lifetime. The article linked to additional pages which described how Wiesel took a stand for refugees, genocides, and current events.