Book Report Night By Elie Wiesel

The book starts out with twelve-year-old Eliezer in his hometown of Sighet. He leans the Cabbala from his teacher Moshe the Beadle. In fact, Moshe was one of the first Jews to be taken into the ghettos, and when he managed to escape, he attempted to warn everyone in Sighet. But, these warnings were overlooked, and as soon as they knew it, the whole town was crammed into a small ghetto. And soon after, they were all transported into camps. Eventually, Elie’s train wound up at the Auschwitz Death Camp. Here is where Eliezer was separated from his mother and three sisters, he had missed out on the crematorium at the first selection. Elie and his father managed to stay together on the transports and other selections. In the camp of Buna, Elie’s

Elie, his father, and everyone else in the camp, began the long journey to the next camp. Many people died on the way there, due to the frigid conditions and the high intensity run. They made it to a train which they rode on the journey to Buchenwald. Twelve out of the 100 people in Elie’s cart survived the trip. There, in Buchenwald, Eliezer finds his father dead of dysentery. With news of the American Army moving closer, the Nazis attempted executing their “Final Plan” (killing all Jews), but, when the Jews were walking to the killing grounds, the air attack siren rang, which brought everyone inside. The rebellion looked at it as their time to strike, and strike they did. Within hours, Elie regards seeing American tanks roll up to the camp. Buchenwald was liberated and Eliezer Wiesel was

I was in a mix of emotions but mainly I was angry. Why did they feel like they were allowed to do this to us? To tear apart my family piece by piece, leaving only me. Since being here, I have entirely lost my faith in God. How could there truly be a greater power protecting us, if he just let six million of us die? So, since then I’ve never been very religious. This experience has life changing, even regarding my personal beliefs in everyday life. Did it take my family and totally destroy me at the time? Yes, but I feel as though it made me look at life in a different, better way. I now know what those kids in the street are going through, fighting for every penny. Now that I was there, I know. It has made me very generous towards people that need the help, because when I was in their shoes, I know that it would’ve been amazing for someone to do something like that to