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# Night in Newark
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/american-masters/specials/night-in-newark-i8zjyw/
- Published: 2026-02-03T06:01:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-03T08:00:14.000Z
- Description: Middle school students in Newark grapple with Elie Wiesel's harrowing Holocaust memoir.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: American Masters, #ZZZ_Show_528da9a2-8dd6-4ae8-885a-d59d89b91574, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Special_c56317df-50c8-46c4-977b-6c8c3c920fbf, #special

Night in Newark focuses on the insights of thirty students in Paris Murray's 7th grade classroom at Northstar Middle School in Newark, New Jersey. Their close reading of Elie Wiesel's classic Holocaust memoir explores the themes of freedom, memory and survival.