A mere twenty-one years after the utter devastation of World War I, Nazi Germans invaded Poland, breaking their non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union, and plunging the world into yet another global conflict. The carnage of World War II (WWII) was much more widespread than its predecessor, as the war was fought not only throughout Europe, but also in various locations of the Pacific Ocean. Prior to the Nazi occupation of Poland, at the end of World War I, the winning nations had devised a peace treaty, called the Treaty of Versailles, which forced Germany to take responsibility for the war, and punished the country as such. Germany lost land, was forced to pay $6.6 billion in reparations, and lost a majority of their military. These changes devastated the German …show more content…
Hitler’s mass genocide of European Jews is now known as the Holocaust, which resulted in the death of over six million Jews as well as other ethnic and religious minorities and political opponents of his political party, the Nazis. The autobiography Night by Elie Wiesel is a first-hand account of the conditions inside one of Hitler’s extermination camps. The story focuses on a fifteen year-old boy, Eliezer Wiesel, and his father as they suffer through time in both Auschwitz and Buchenwald, two of the most notorious Nazi death camps. Eliezer experiences unimaginably horrific events, such as the hanging of a young boy and people being burned alive in ditches filled with flames.Although many people were aware that these appalling acts were occurring, very few chose to make an effort to save those affected. However, some people, such as Irene Gut Opdyke, who is written about in the novel In My Hands by Jennifer Armstrong, chose to risk their lives to protect others. Although Irene does manage to save both herself and 11 Jewish people, in order to do so, she is forced to sexually exploit
Micaela Ladjevic Professor Hernandez English 1 Honors October 25, 2017 Title In Elie Wiesel’s holocaust narrative, Night, Elie is a sixteen year old boy who lives during World War II and the Holocaust. In the midst of Elie’s World War II experience, Elie has an extra burden weighing him down-- his father.
Elie Wiesel was a survivor of the Holocaust that occurred during WWII. After surviving, he wrote the book Night describing what he went through. Elie and his family get removed from their home and transported to concentration camps. He describes this thoughts and feelings as he goes through these events. Elie survived the holocaust all based on chance.
The book ¨Night¨ is written by a Holocaust survivor and and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Elie Wiesel, who went through terrible things during his time in German captivity. The events were unforgettable and life changing. He stayed with his father through all of these tough times. He escaped the terror of the Holocaust turning him into a savage even though it caused attacks from prisoners and insanity.
English Night Essay The book Night, it is about a teenager named Elie that goes through the holocaust with his father. Elie and his father experienced starvation, injuries and physical abuse. After reading Night, one might wonder why German people do nothing to stop the concentration camps. The people of Germany kept silent because, they were scared of Hitler’s power and, they were scared of losing their own lives.
English Name: Talya Edgerley You will view two websites to gain background information for our novel study of Night, by Elie Wiesel. Each website contains both visual and written descriptions of life in the concentration camps run by Hitler’s Nazi soldiers (sometimes referred to as the SS) during the Holocaust. Go to www.historyplace.com/specials/slideshows/auschwitz (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. A. Click Slideshow (far left).
In the book Night, the author describes his life being a prisoner for the Nazis. In this book, we are described with how Eli survived and what he and his father went through. We learn about how the prisoners were treated in the concentration camps. In the next two paragraphs, I will be sharing my opinion on what I think are the two most terrifying experiences the author, Eli, had to endure.
Do you know about the holocaust? In the book, Night, by Ellie Weisel there were many terrible things that happened. Among these terrible things were the loss of many innocent people, Jews were separated from their family and undiagnosed PTSD from the few survivors. In the story many people were separated and some put into gas chambers and suffocated. They were mostly transported in cattle cars that were extremely crowded.
While reading the book Night by Elie Wiesel, one of the things I learned about was the jews living conditions. I read about Elie living them with many other jews and it stuck out to me because how could a person live like that and stay alive? Every jew that was caught was sent to a concentration camp and had a total different way of lifestyle when being held there. Another thing that stuck out while reading the book was the SS officers. The SS officers are Hitler's protective unit.
“Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions. ”(Primo Levi). This memoir is titled “Night”. The author is Elie Wiesel.
The Holocaust was a very terrible history of Germany, this happened many years ago, and people in Germany were ashamed of what they did. The Holocaust started in January 13, 1933 and end in May 8, 1945. During that time Jews were sent to concentration camp. Elie Wiesel, the author of the book called Night, he was one of the Jews that got sent to the concentration camp. During that time, he had a very terrible experience in the concentration camps.
“Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever. Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust,” (Wiesel, 1960, p.32). After seeing what was going on at Auschwitz, Elie had began to lose his faith in his God. Certain experiences of hardship and kindness can change their life.
In the book Night Eliezer came face to face to some of his greatest fears, separating with his family, didn’t know where they were going but all at once he felt changed. He didn’t feel like God was with him, he felt as if he vanished. They go to many concentration camps and work many hours, go through tons of selections, train trip, and running miles a day. Your time at the camp is either life or death swaying back and forth. “Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul that turned my dreams to ashes.”
Throughout the history of the human race we have achieved many good titles, and have done a lot of good things. But there are also a lot of things that we should be and are ashamed of. One of those things is what we call the Holocaust. During World War II Germany went on a rage in Europe trying to take over the world, the Jewish population was in their way. So Hitler, the “ruler” of Germany at the time, ordered the transportation of Jewish people to his already made concentration camps spread all around his “kingdom”.
Tristah Andrews The sound of a gunshot is often accompanied by deathly screams and cries---or just quiet prayers in the night. In Elie Wiesel's memoir, Night, it tells of his experiences and trials in the concentration camps. The book is the story of Eliezer as a younger boy who was taken to a concentration camp and then separated from his younger sister and mother. He is only left with his father, and Eliezer would do anything to keep it that way. His time in the concentration camp is one that would try anyone's sanity, let alone strength.
The Holocaust The Holocaust that started in January 30, 1933 killed around six million Jews and killed the mother and sister of Elie Wiesel. The Holocaust was caused by Adolf Hitler was the worst thing ever and he killed people because they were Jews. According to article five in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, “It states that no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” Author (Elie Wiesel) of the novel Night refers that Idek fornicated a young Polish girl “Idek jumped, turned and saw me, while the girl tried to cover her breasts.