Never Again
OER PROJECT: WH / LESSON 9.6OPENERNEVER AGAINUnless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Never Again,” OER Project, www.oerproject.com/PurposeAnalyzing a primary source excerpt will help you understand the global tensions of the past and how many of these tensions continue to exist today.Process1.Read the following poem:Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed.Never shall I forget that smoke.Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky.Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith for ever.Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live.Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself.Never.Source: Elie Wiesel, “Never Shall I Forget,”1958, translated by Marion Wiesel. https://hmd.org.uk/resource/never-shall-i-forget-by-elie-wiesel/2.What event do you thinkthe author is writing about?3.Do you think genocides*happen in the world today? Explain your reasoning.*Genocide: The intentional attempt to exterminate all members of a certain race, nationality, or ethnic group.