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Oprah-Elie Wiesel Interview Study Guide
Oprah-Elie Wiesel Interview Study Guide
While viewing the video, please complete the information needed to answer each question
or close reading sentence listed below.
Part 1
Describe what Oprah and Elie are wearing and what you see in the opening scene.
What does Elie Wiesel say they would have done if they would have known what Auschwitz
was?
What did Elie Wiesel smell getting off the train at Auschwitz?
Part 2
What does Elie say as he looks back on the Holocaust?
Part 3
The ______ of Auschwitz was the ________ of __________.
What is Elie Wiesels comment when they were at the crematoriums site?
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As Elie Wiesel and Oprah are looking at the shoes what comments are made?
Part 6
Fill-in the blanks regarding the ancient legend Elie speaks about.
Whenever a just ____________ dies _________ sheds ____ tears. And when they fall
into the ____________ they are reverberated throughout the __________________.