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Book Report On Night By Elie Wiesel

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The novel “Night” written by Elie Wiesel, a survivor of the holocaust and 1986 nobel peace prize winner, tells a terrifying story about a very young Jewish boy and millions of Jews entering the Nazi death camps, having to witness terror, torture and death. As many felt disgusted of what their eyes observed, humanity and faith was quickly lost. The holocaust was a stain on humanity. Some Jews became more devout, despite what they went through, the Jews lost their faith. Elie Wiesel was one of the Jews that lost their faith. Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet, Transylvania. He was just a teenager when he was taken to Auschwitz, and then onto Buchenwald. Elie was always a strong believer in god. He was raised as a practicing Jew. He would go to
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