Apathy And Ignorance In Elie Wiesel's Night

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In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie states he himself condemns apathy and ignorance as the greatest of sins because a lack of compassion and knowledge produces a false sense of security and creates inaction against the kind of war crimes rampant in Hitler’s regime. I agree with this statement because the guards stationed at the camps lacked empathy and awareness which resulted in inaction. I consider this to be sinful because for acts such as the holocaust we cannot turn a blind eye.

I agree with his statement because many guards stationed at the camps were apathetic and ignorant which resulted in inaction. My first example from the book is when the guards began to round up the jewish families from their ghetto in Sighet and put