Lesson 8- The Holocaust

Question 4 • (OC27) US GOVT-2106310-Sem-Meadows

Why is Elie Wiesel’s Night valuable to a historian?

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It is a detailed observation of the conditions of concentration camps drafted by a German resident who was forced to tour a camp after its liberation.

It is an eyewitness account of the atrocities committed at concentration camps written by a former prisoner who experienced them firsthand.

It is a compilation of data of the toll of the Holocaust created by an Allied soldier who helped to gather information for the government.

It is a commentary on the Holocaust composed by a Jewish man seeking to discover what his relatives experienced during the war.

Explanation

Night is valuable to historians as a firsthand account of the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel was imprisoned in concentration camps as a teenager and wrote about the atrocities he experienced and witnessed. This makes choice B, an eyewitness account written by a former prisoner, correct.

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