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Read the following quote and record evidence that supports it from Chapters 1-4

Quote: Elie Wiesel

The Nazis' aim was to make the Jewish universe shrink - from town to neighborhood, from neighborhood to street, from street to house, from house to room, from room to garret, from garret to cattle car, from cattle car to gas chamber. And they did the same to the individual - separated from his or her community, then from his or her family, then from his or her identity, eventually becoming a work permit, then a number, until the number itself was turned into ashes.

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Evidence from Chapters 1-4 of Elie Wiesel's "Night" that supports the quote is:

The Nazis implement laws that restrict Jewish people's rights and freedoms, such as forbidding them from owning stores, attending schools, and using public transportation. (Chapter 1)
Elie's family and other Jewish families are forced to move from their homes to a ghetto in Sighet, where they are confined to a small area of the town. (Chapter 1)
The Jews are eventually forced onto trains, where they are packed together in crowded cattle cars and transported to concentration camps. (Chapter 2)
At Auschwitz, the Jews are stripped of their belongings, including their clothing, and their heads are shaved. They are then tattooed with identification numbers on their arms. (Chapter 3)
Elie is separated from his mother and sisters, and he witnesses children being separated from their families. (Chapter 4)
These events demonstrate the Nazis' systematic process of shrinking the Jewish universe and dehumanizing individual Jewish people, as described in Elie Wiesel's quote.
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